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McCain's Shift Makes Him Senate's Most Conservative (HURL ALERT)
The National Journal ^ | 2011-02-24 | Reid Wilson

Posted on 02/24/2011 5:25:56 AM PST by rabscuttle385

The politician who once best exemplified the idea of a "maverick" independent has shifted so far to the right that he is now tied for the title of the Senate's most conservative member, according to National Journal's 2010 vote ratings.

According to a comprehensive examination of 96 Senate votes taken in 2010, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., along with seven of his colleagues, voted most often on the conservative side. His 89.7 composite conservative score ties him with stalwarts like Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and gives him a more conservative score than Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

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Though McCain's latest NJ ranking is a stark contrast with his past record, the senator's spokeswoman, Brooke Buchanan, said his ideology has not changed. "But I can assure you," she added, "the legislative agenda in the Senate sure has."

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1 posted on 02/24/2011 5:26:07 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Drugs have wasted many minds.


2 posted on 02/24/2011 5:28:03 AM PST by dforest
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3 posted on 02/24/2011 5:28:53 AM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: rabscuttle385
he was never a maverick, he was a sore loser that wanted to stick it to Bush whenever possible, being the small petty man that he is.
4 posted on 02/24/2011 5:30:00 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Carter 2.0 The Epic Fail edition)
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To: rabscuttle385

The Leftist media would love a re-run of BO and the pitiful, decrepit McCain, the only “Republican” BO is sure to beat in ‘12.


5 posted on 02/24/2011 5:30:36 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: rabscuttle385

If he were a Conservative, there would be no “shift”.


6 posted on 02/24/2011 5:30:44 AM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: rabscuttle385

” McCain’s Shift “

Spel-Chek is NOT your friend....


7 posted on 02/24/2011 5:31:15 AM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: grobdriver

Actually, if he were a Conservative, he’d be President.


8 posted on 02/24/2011 5:32:02 AM PST by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Well, of course Juan voted conservative during 2010 when he had to hoodwink the Arizona voters one more time. Just watch him for the next five or six years and see how conservative he is.

He’s already cozying up to Obama and talking about comprehensive immigration reform.


9 posted on 02/24/2011 5:32:07 AM PST by Will88
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To: rabscuttle385

No mention of any specific votes that allowed McCain to receive a higher ranking than Sessions or DeMint.


10 posted on 02/24/2011 5:32:46 AM PST by Huck (one per-center)
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To: rabscuttle385

Mr. Wilson, you really need to put the bong down and step back.


11 posted on 02/24/2011 5:33:18 AM PST by Ladysmith ("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
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To: rabscuttle385

Yesterday my son asked me if John McCain was a Republican.
I said “Not really”.


12 posted on 02/24/2011 5:33:35 AM PST by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: rabscuttle385

Where’s that “Not Again” picture?


13 posted on 02/24/2011 5:33:51 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
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To: indylindy

LOL So true. McCain has never been a maverick; rather he has been a loose cannon.


14 posted on 02/24/2011 5:40:42 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rabscuttle385

“””For the 2010 ratings, National Journal examined all of the roll-call votes in Congress last year—664 in the House and 299 in the Senate—and identified the ones that show ideological distinctions between members. Many votes did not make the cut—those that involve noncontroversial issues or that fall along regional lines, for instance. Just under 100 votes in each chamber were selected and were categorized as economic, foreign, or social.”””


A couple of reasons for this anomaly regarding McCain’s new-found conservativeness.

1. Only 100 votes made the cut.
2. There were a lot of “party-line” votes in 2010.

Now that the Senate is a 50/50 organization, I believe we can expect to see Juan McCain seeking across the aisle to suck up one of the Democrats.


15 posted on 02/24/2011 5:43:17 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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Now that the Senate is a 50/50 organization, I believe we can expect to see Juan McCain seeking across the aisle to suck up one of the Democrats.

Like nothing has changed. He views statesmanship as compromise, especially involving fundamental principles. A discipline learned well at the Hanoi Hilton.

16 posted on 02/24/2011 5:52:58 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (For love of Sarah, our country and the American Way of Life.)
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To: Huck

Voting records are a scam that both sides use to BS their supporters.

It works like this.

I’ll do the math for a lefty that wants a 100% lefty raitings. Well half the votes or more are lefty anyways, so right then and there, you are at 50%. Of the other half( ish ), they are conservatish, but half of those are going to go through, so you vote against them, and this lefty congresscritter is now at 75% and hasn’t done anything. Not one ‘hard, heroic vote’.

So to with McLame.

Further, not all votes are the same.

Voting for a bill to name a Post Office after Ronald Reagan, counts as much as a nation killing spending bill.

It’s not the number of votes, which are gamed, it is the quality of votes.

Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers sit around and gin up votes....FOR EACH OTHER....so that they BOTH can have high ratings. It’s like letting school kids grade each others papers.

David Keene the balding, RINO loving, hack conservative is totally on board with this cover up of fake, lying, fraud RINO’s getting the CPAC Badge Of Good House Keeping Conservative Seal.


17 posted on 02/24/2011 5:58:57 AM PST by Leisler (Our debts are someone's profit. Follow the money, the vig.....)
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To: Roccus

I believe it- it was an election year.


18 posted on 02/24/2011 6:01:24 AM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
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To: rabscuttle385

don’t believe it. Leopards don’t lose their spots.


19 posted on 02/24/2011 6:02:58 AM PST by chainsaw
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To: grobdriver

Bingo !


20 posted on 02/24/2011 6:05:16 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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