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Thanks Blam. As seems obvious, McCain is undermining his political party by participating in this kind of crap. Does he seriously expect anyone in the country -- from the other side of the aisle -- to remember this? Even people with tribal affiliations elsewhere in the country aren't going to say, "oh, let's vote for the local Republican candidate" because of McCain's amendment.

The doctors, professors, and other scholars are going to be against it, but I doubt that they'll vote in favor of the local candidate either, once they remember what party McCain is from. There isn't enough public exposure of this action.

One way to get such exposure is to propose another amendment -- one that cuts funding for all archaeological projects on US soil. THAT would call attention to it. The rationale for the amendment would be that there's no point in digging if the finds can't be recorded and analyzed, ergo, it's a waste of money.

Obviously I'm not in favor of either amendment, but supporters of the McCain amendment are in fact advocating just that, and need to be called on it in a public way.

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