Meghan McCain, daughter of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), says her dad used to be paranoid about gambling, but since The Washington Post posted a picture of him playing poker on his smartphone during a September 3 U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Syria, he is ready to let his pro-gaming flag fly. “Now, he’s really empowered because he loves to gamble,” said Meghan McCain during her September 10 appearance on Access Hollywood Live, when asked about the photo. “When he used to go to Las Vegas, people would take iPhone pictures of him, and he got very…

In his second show back from a long summer off, Jon Stewart took on the “Groundhog Deja Clusterf@#k” that is the debate over military action in Syria. Stewart had a particularly good time ribbing Sen. John McCain for his unabashed iPhone poker play during yesterday’s Senate hearings. “Hey, man, is this possible global conflagration interrupting your video poker time?” Stewart asked McCain. “You know what, Senator? Go. There’s a rascal scooter and a bucket of quarters with your name on it over at the Golden Nugget… Instead of playing pretend poker in the actual Senate, go to an actual casino…