So the United States debated the United Nations Disabilities Treaty the other day and it was opposed by Republican lawmakers by a vote of—hold on, wait. Did you just see John Kerry troll the living daylights out of John McCain? Let's just table for a second how much the GOP hates the UN, and that it means the Senate didn't pass a UN treaty that was seeking to give people with disabilities equal rights—a UN treaty so important that Bob Dole came out to support it. As Stewart points out, the only good thing to come of this was the moment when we got to see Senate rivals John McCain and John Kerry put down their differences and work toward a common goal troll each other and maybe go a little too far with the jokes. John Kerry, it would appear, has all the subtlety of sledgehammer.

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Alexander Abad-Santos