And a rating in 2006 of 65.
Hillary has an ACU rating hovering around 10.
But somehow she’s more conservative?
Of course not; and that's the whole point. You are trying to judge McCain by what he is saying now in the campaign, instead of what he has done in the past. The example of Hillary simply proves how your logic is faulty.
Your comments leave me wondering who on these boards is working for the DNC?
Considering the high praise of some people for McCain, I can't help but to have similar thoughts. The fact is that McCain holds a lot of beliefs that are simply leftist. Some things he believes in are just plain stupid (like his recent carbon credit scheme). His past actions (such as CFR) prove that he isn't willing to perform the primary function of President to uphold and defend the Constitution.
A pragmatist might feel that we must vote for him anyway, simply because the alternative (an authoritarian Hillary or communist Obama) is even worse. Perhaps that is true. But no real conservative can make a legitimate claim that McCain is actually a good candidate for the conservative cause; yet that is exactly what a lot of people on this board have been doing since he emerged as the front runner.
Anyone who actually prefers McCain as the Republican candidate, rather than merely tolerating him as the lesser of the available evils, isn't much of a conservative.
I believe strongly in voting for the most conservative candidate who has a chance to win.
This year it is McCain.
Two big issues for me are judges and the military. The next president will probably replace JP Stevens and RB Ginsburg on the SC.
I suspect McCain will give us moderate justices, Obama will give us justices like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I trust McCain, hands down, to be CiC of our military.