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McCain Neglects to Vote on Iraq War Spending Bill and Everything Else, Really
I just updated my McCain post below with this news, but decided it deserved its own slot. The LA Times reports that presidential candidate John McCain was one of three senators who did not show up to vote today on the Iraq war spending bill (it just passed in the Senate). "This is the fourth major Iraq-related vote missed by McCain." But, it's not just Iraq votes that McCain skips. Politico points out that according to Congressional Observer Publications, McCain doesn't show up to vote for much these days. In fact, since January, he has missed one in three votes. Need a little context? The senator's Democratic cohorts, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both missed just three.
The guy is old, close to 70, give him a break. Do you want somebody who is in his 70's and loves power so much that he will not retire?
His absence from the Senate on matters to do with Iraq gives the Democrats a much better chance of passing bills should the vote go down party lines. Provided the Democrats (and Sanders) can all agree on the details, they will be protected against Lieberman's vote.
Of course, there's always the President's veto.