Despite his efforts to appear "moderate" Alexander is well left of Frist, who was a political lightweight at best, but Frist also voted for Medicare Part D. Thompson shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Alexander or Frist, IMHO. Make no mistake, Alexander is a Progressive through and through and it's long past time for him to go....
Perhaps you are more familiar with these senators' voting records than I am. I don't know.
I am unaware, however, of either Sen. Alexander or Sen. Corker having voted differently from the majority of Republicans, as concerning anything of major importance, prior to the recent passage of the ill-conceived START treaty.
Am I mistaken about this?
How many more examples do you need? Just because someone has an “R” after their name doesn’t automatically mean they are voting correctly, Constitutionally and in regard to what is in the best interest of the Republic. The fact that Alexander and Corker have voted in lock step with the rest of the RINO’s is the essence of the problem with those two. They both claim to be Conservatives, yet vote with the RINO’s almost every time. Medicare Part D, TARP, Porkulus, and most recently an unconstitutional “Food Safety Act” are just some of the examples I’ve provided. For example, the so-called “Food Safety Act” had to be voted on twice in the Senate because, apparently, no one in the Senate knew that it is unconstitutional for spending bills to originate in the Senate. As is clearly stated in our Constitution, (Section 7, Clause 1) all spending bills MUST originate in the House of Representatives. This ignorance of the Constitution on Alexander’s part is inexcusable and embarrassing! Alexander not only voted for that bill, he co-sponsored it!