I lost a lot of my respect for McCain when he started parroting the line that "all judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote on the Senate floor". I note he never said anything like that when Clinton was President. Also in his most recent speech, he was comparing the current situation with that past as if there has been no substantial change in the nomination vetting process, now that the Republicans routinely ignore rule IV of the judiciary committe of the US Senate (http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9283). The upshot of this is that judicial nominations are now rubberstamped out onto the Senate Floor on a straight party line vote, and because of this, Bush does not need to pick nominees that are at least a little moderate. Senator Patrick Leahy has more to say on this subject here. (http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200303/032703d.html)
OTOH, I welcome McCain to run because I'd like to see a few Republican Senators abandon their seats making a grab for the brass ring, like Edwards and Graham did in '04 election season. I sure as heck won't vote for him.
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OTOH, I welcome McCain to run because I'd like to see a few Republican Senators abandon their seats making a grab for the brass ring, like Edwards and Graham did in '04 election season. I sure as heck won't vote for him.
aw, bugger