Tick, Tock: Time Running Out on McCain’s Membership on Non-Profit’s Board

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ProjectVoteSmart.gif As Mother Jones reported Monday, the nonpartisan voter-education non-profit Project Vote Smart (PVS) has spent nine months trying to get John McCain to respond to its Political Courage Test. The test is a survey that PVS sends to state and federal candidates every time they run for office — it tries to get politicians to cut the spin and equivocations and tell voters where they really stand.

We all know McCain loves straight talk more than anyone, so it’s natural that McCain has been on PVS’s board of directors for a decade. But after nine months, 17 phone calls, and eight emails, PVS simply can’t get a response to its survey. It’s executive committee has a set a deadline: if McCain doesn’t respond by the end of the day today, he gets the boot.

Since Mother Jones‘ story came out Monday, the McCain campaign has not responded to calls for comment or sent any materials to PVS.

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