Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

[FUZO]

Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

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Here is McCain's voting record from the National Journal, along with those of other Republican Congressmen who were in the early races. It's broken down by year, and proves that McCain is not only not a hardcore Republican puppet, he has gotten significantly more liberal in recent years.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/pdf/06republicans.pdf

On page 2 of this pdf, it lists his Conservative ranking in the Senate:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/pdf/08election.pdf

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Here are his rankings for the Bush years.
McCain was more conservative before this, especially before 1995,
but has become more and more liberal over the years.

2000 61.7% 41st most conservative in Senate
2001 66.8% 39th
2002 59.8% 45th
2003 62.2% 44th
2004 51.7% 49th*(*Tied with one other senator)
2005 59.2% 45th
2006 56.7% 46th
2007 no score

Lifetime 71.8 %
AverageAnd here is a chart showing the other Centrists in the Senate and how he compares to them:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/pdf/06centrists.pdf

So next time you hear an Obamabot spout the "90%" statistic, remember these facts and figures...

[straydoglogic]

Re: Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

its easy to talk percentages...lets break it down by every vote instead..that way you can see how he really stands...

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270

[straydoglogic]

Re: Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

i have a question...people say they hate liberals yet in the title of this thread it praises mccain for not being too conservative and becoming more liberal over the years...so which is it?..
i think the neo-cons have made it hard for people to know what a true conservative is nowadays...and the republican party has been totally neo-conned..theyve lost their way and their integrity..there are few true conservative republicans left...

[FUZO]

Re: Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

bottom line is that he doesnt support bush 90% with politics

[deepsouth]

Re: Senator McCain's real voting record (hint: It's not 90% conservative)

I wouldn't say he become more liberal, but rather more independent. He's not affraid to cross the isle if his party is wrong. I would say thats much better than just voting "Present" wouldn't you?