I'm sure many FReepers aren't aware of McClintock's battle within his own CA party.
He fought hard against the CA GOPe's to win his seat. They put up candidates meant to take him out. He's fought against them his entire political career.
McClintock is very conservative and, like Cruz, his vote on TPP (or TPA, I get them mixed up) is perplexing.
Cruz and McClintock both explained their decisions reasonably well. It’s not all or nothing, but more or less and these two tireless fighters are in it for the long game. McClintock is, as you’ve stated, especially proven.
HE was conservative in 2003....This is 2015. All politicians move left the longer they are in Congress.
Follow the money. The corporate class has bought and owns both parties, which have abandoned the American worker. It explains why another conservative, Ted Cruz, supports free trade and increasing substantially the number of H-1B visas.