[FreeReign]

Yes except in this case the ACU and not the school system decides how to judge criteria. Let me put it this way: there is an inherent flaw if you treat a no vote as a liberal vote which would be what your absent-inclusion system would do.

Yes. Calcowgirls treatment of the "missed votes" is flawed just as the ACU"s treatment of the "missed votes" is flawed.

I think it's more accurate to assign an absent vote half a point.

If one does this, McCain's rating for 2007 comes out to about a 62% conservative rating.

[calcowgirl]

Calcowgirls treatment of the "missed votes" is flawed just as the ACU"s treatment of the "missed votes" is flawed.

See my post above. I suggested no "treatment of missed votes."

I suggested the ACU rating is flawed--period--and therefore not a rational indicator of conservatism.