From the always awesome fivethirtyeight.com. Bush’s third term, indeed.
Money quote:
The surprising result is John McCain, who rates as the 8th most conservative senator in the 110th Congress, the 2nd most conservative in the 109th, and the 5th or 6th most conservative in the 108th.
In the 107th Congress, however, McCain was quite moderate. Voteview doesn’t have rankings before the 107th, so I’m not sure whether there was some permanent change in McCain’s political philosophy on or around 2003 (perhaps coinciding with the start of the Iraq War) or whether it was his behavior in the 107th that was unusual (perhaps he took some pleasure in being a thorn in President Bush’s side after having lost the primary to him). But this is more evidence for the notion that the 2008 version of John McCain is a very different politician than the 2000-2002 version of John McCain.
Also, poster Juris says:
…in 110th Congress, McCain’s party voting score was higher than that of Pat Roberts, Kit Bond, Orren Hatch, James Imhofe, and Charles Grassley.
Playing favorites aside, I can’t understand why McCain doesn’t get more support from the GOP’s loudest right-wing crusaders. He’s become one of them, in a big way. If you’re conservative, McCain actually looks like a terrific choice.
Then again, this assumes that McCain has truly changed in his political leanings, as opposed to just voting, doing and saying whatever actions/words will advance his political career. Which, given his neverending string of flip-flopping and lying about issues, seems more likely.
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McCain’s Senate voting record
From the always awesome fivethirtyeight.com. Bush’s third term, indeed.
Money quote:
Also, poster Juris says:
Playing favorites aside, I can’t understand why McCain doesn’t get more support from the GOP’s loudest right-wing crusaders. He’s become one of them, in a big way. If you’re conservative, McCain actually looks like a terrific choice.
Then again, this assumes that McCain has truly changed in his political leanings, as opposed to just voting, doing and saying whatever actions/words will advance his political career. Which, given his neverending string of flip-flopping and lying about issues, seems more likely.
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