One of Maverick McCain's selling points is that he bucked the Cheney wing of the GOP and has actually advocated action on climate change. By extension, he must not be so bad on the environment.
Well, maybe Tweety will drill some hapless surrogate on this legislative record: According to the League of Conservation Voters, the Maverick scored a perfect zero on major environmental votes in 2007, including car-efficiency standards, renewable energy requirements for electrical utilities, oil subsidies, farm bill standards, and environmental standards for biofuels. This record put him in league with seven other GOP neanderthals: Roberts-KS, Vitter-LA, Cochran-MS, Lott-MS, Bond-MO, Inhofe-OK, and Cornyn-TX.
Yes, even such backward GOPers as Ted Stevens, John Kyl, Larry Craig, and Saxby Chambliss scored better than McCain. Oh, Maverick! What's up with that?
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