On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Jon Kyl goes after the Tea Party members in the House who say they are “standing on principle” by voting against raising the debt ceiling. Kyl said they remind him “a lot of Senator Barack Obama, who did the same thing, voting against the debt ceiling increase when he was in the senate.”

H/t: Gateway Pundit

Sen. Jon Kyl announces that he will retire from public service in January of 2013 and not seek reelection.

Here is video of Arizona GOP Sen. Jon Kyl repeatedly correcting CBS News’ Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation for using the term Bush “Tax Cuts” instead of “Tax Rates.” Kyl made the point that what is being debated is whether to extend the current tax rates that have been in effect for a decade or raise taxes. No one is talking about “tax cuts,” Kyl said. Eventually, Bob Schieffer deferred to Kyl and used the word “rates” instead of “cuts”!

Via NewsBusters

Here is video of a new John McCain ad that looks right past J.D. Hayworth – his GOP Primary Challenger – and hammers President Barack Obama for refusing to send the 3,000 troops McCain and fellow Arizona Sen. John Kyl have requested to protect Arizona’s border with Mexico. As the ad points out, instead of the 3,000 troops, Obama said he would send – 524.

Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs giving an answer that mocks and insults Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl about his assertion that President Obama told him in a one-on-one meeting that he would not secure the border because “you guys” (Republicans) won’t support Comprehensive Immigration Reform if we do.

Gibbs has said Obama never made the statement, while Kyl has steadfastly stood by his account. Gibbbs tried to make out like Kyl had retreated from his assertion, and mocked Kyl for having three opinions on the matter. Actually, Kyl only said he meant that “the Left” is trying to hold border security “hostage” to CIR, not the President specifically. But Kyl has never retreated on Obama’s statement that he won’t secure the border because “you guys” won’t support CIR.

Actually, what Gibbs was doing here, was dodging the question.

Here is video of Sen. John McCain saying President Obama also made it very clear to him and others that he was conditioning action on “border security” to support for his “comprehensive immigration reform.” McCain backed up Sen. Jon Kyl’s contention that Obama told him personally he would not act on border security because he would lose leverage over Republicans to get support for his amnesty agenda.

Here is video of White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton saying that it is “not true” that President Obama told Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl in a private meeting that he will not complete the Border Fence because there is no chance Republicans will support “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” if he does. Kyl told a Tea Party Crowd that Obama told him exactly that in a private Oval Office meeting.

Burton would not use the word “lie,” but he said emphatically it is “not true.”

Let’s see, do I believe Sen. Jon Kyl or Barack Obama is telling the truth. That’s not a difficult decision to make.