[HawaiianGecko]

  
"John McCain has a conservative rating of something like 88%." "...seems more comfortable working with Democrats."
"Why do I have this big disconnect?"

You answered your own question in your first two sentences.  One is a fact, the other is an opinion.

[Theophilus]

You answered your own question in your first two sentences. One is a fact, the other is an opinion.

When opinion tsunamis the facts, you can know that pride has finally metastasized into every quarter of our political persuasion.

This Freeper included :-(

1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: