Politicians bristle at idea of renegotiating Colorado River Compact Sen. John McCain, in an interview with the Pueblo Chieftain last week, broached the subject of renegotiating the compact, causing the collective eyebrow of Republicans, Democrats and water users statewide to shoot up another mile high. McCain, the Republican presumptive nominee for president and a Republican senator from Arizona, clarified his comments in a letter Wednesday to Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Loveland, saying his remarks "may have been mistakenly misconstrued" as a call to rescind the Colorado River Compact. "Let me be clear that I do not advocate renegotiation of the compact," he said, adding that he supports continuing dialogue about it....