Almost more than any other legislation that affected their particular area of focus, premiere pro-Gun groups like the NRA and pro-life groups like the National Right to Life strongly opposed the McCain-Feingold-Thompson CFR legislation. Most such groups actually include the CFR votes in their report cards for Congressman at that time along with their interest areas. A vote for CFR resulted in a huge hit from the NRA and NRLC and other such groups against the records of any Congressman that voted for it or supported it. And I doubt that they will soon forget this. Thompson is going to have an uphill battle trying to get support from or an endorsement from such groups.
Wanna bet? I say Fred gets the endorsement of both the NRA and the NRLC.