While the U.S. Congress is expected to decide on military action in Syria, Barack Obama is trying to get the support of his former rival in the 2008 presidential elections , the influential Republican Senator John McCain. When U.S. President Barack Obama is engaged in an intense lobbying campaign to convince Congress to support a limited military action against Syria, an elected Republican influence is at the center of attention . This man is none other than Senator John McCain defeated rival Barack Obama in the presidential election of 2008. He will be received at the White House, Monday, September 2 , indicating that it will play a very important role. Especially since Sunday, against all odds, he said he was not sure to vote in favor of the plan of the Obama administration , the unambitious judging . "Cosmetic Strike " "Apparently, the president wants a kind of cosmetic strikes , throw a few missiles and say this is it, we responded ," he told the Republi...