John McCain Played 'VIP Poker' App During Syria Bombing Hearing

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By Chris Taylor2013-09-04 03:00:09 UTC

John McCain got caught playing an iPhone app that Mashable has identified as VIP Poker, made by the Silicon Valley startup TinyCo., during a Senate hearing Tuesday on the question of whether the United States should bomb Syria.

When caught, with a photo originally published on the Washington Post website, McCain tried to laugh it off on Twitter:

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But Twitter, by and large, wasn't having it. With the exception of one or two supporters, most of the responses to this tweet consisted of what can only be paraphrased as:

You did this on our dime? And while a serious discussion of war was going on? Seriously, you couldn't keep it in your pocket for three hours?

VIP Poker maker TinyCo is a San Francisco-based firm. Marc Andreesen sits on its board of directors.

The Senate is currently debating whether to give President Obama the authority to bomb the nation of Syria in retaliation for the use of chemical weapons.

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