McCain has a LIFETIME ACU rating of 82%. That’s not “BS” at all. It’s on the ACU’s website right here. Read it for yourself: http://www.acuratings.org/2008all.htm#AZ
McCain’s 2008 rating is 63%. His lifetime rating is 82%. Some years he votes conservative more than 82%, some years he votes conservative less than 82%. It averages out to 82%
Specter has a 2008 rating of 42% from the ACU and a lifetime score of 44%.
Seems to me the only “BS” is the claim that they vote alike “95% of the time”. Anyone want to try to prove that?
Had you read my post, it clearly stated; Top 10 Most Liberal Republican Senators based on the American Conservative Union Ratings for 2008
I never claimed they voted alike 95% of the time. That was someone else.
Some years he votes conservative more than 82%, some years he votes conservative less than 82%.
In the past 22 years, he has voted more than 82% NINE years. The past TWELVE consecutive years his highest ratings were 81 in 2000 and 80 in 2005 and 2007. The ONLY reason he continues to hold that elusive 82% lifetime rating is due to his first couple years in the senate and 1994-1996.
I agree he is no where near as bad as the Maine twins and Arlene, however, none of them planned to run for president as a "conservative" under the republican banner. One has to keep up some appearances with those ambitions. It does not make him any less a rino!