Congress is out of town this week. With less than four months to go until November’s midterm elections, senators and House members are back home, shaking hands and munching on hot dogs. Will Democrats proudly talk up Obamacare at the town barbecue or summer fair? Probably not, says Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.). Many Senate Democrats, he says, remain “embarrassed” about the health-care debate.

“They were embarrassed by this debate,” McCain tells us. “How do you respond to the Cornhusker Kickback? How do you respond to the Louisiana Purchase and sweetheart deals?” Republicans, he adds, “drove them crazy” with their constant reminders. “Colloquies, asking about the C-SPAN cameras. Some of those Democrats still won’t speak to me.”