Well, we don’t call him McRINO for nothing.

(CNN) – A bipartisan Senate deal that would expand background checks on gun sales received a tentative endorsement on Sunday by a top conservative, Sen. John McCain, who said he was “very favorably disposed” to the measure.

“Eighty percent of the American people want to see a better background check procedure,” McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” adding the country “wants to do what we can to prevent these tragedies and there’s a lot more that needs to be done.”

McCain was one of the first to criticize an ill-fated Republican-led filibuster of efforts to start debate on gun legislation, which is expected to get under way this week.