WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday stalled an effort led by Sen. Chuck Schumer to quickly rename a prominent Senate office building for the late Senator John McCain.

McConnell announced he’d form a bipartisan “gang” to examine best ways to honor McCain’s legacy in the Senate, though he declined to mention Schumer’s idea to rename the Russell Senate Office building after the Arizona Republican.

“It’s a further tribute to our colleague that there’s no shortage of good ideas,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.

He mentioned two other possibilities to honor McCain: naming the Senate Armed Services Committee room for the late chairman or adding a portrait of McCain to the Senate reception room.

“I’d like to put together an official group that can elaborate and bring together ideas from current members, former colleagues, and friends,” McConnell said. “It will be bipartisan as only befits John’s legacy.”

Shortly after McCain died Saturday from brain cancer, Schumer suggested renaming the office building to pay tribute to his legacy.

“For three decades, Senator McCain was a fixture in those marble halls … It’s only fitting that his name should adorn a physical intuition of the Senate, particularly one that housed the Armed Services Committee,” Schumer said.

McCain’s colleague, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), supports Schumer’s effort.

The building is named for Sen. Richard Russell, a Georgia Democrat who supported racial segregation and blocked civil rights legislation.

For his part, Schumer was undeterred by McConnell’s slow walk.

“Today, I’ll be circulating a letter with Senator Flake, asking all of our colleagues if they would be willing to join us in a resolution to officially rename the Russell building the McCain building,” Schumer said after McConnell’s announcement.

“I hope that many, if not most or all will join, because Senator McCain was a dear friend to all of us and a great American, a great senator (and) a great man.”