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Dismantling the Myth of McCain

How the Republican senator’s maverick image is a sham

By David Moberg

As the presidential race shifts into summer gear, Democrats have a McCain problem. And John McCain has a Bush problem — or at least Democrats hope he will. Judging from opinion polls about the president and the direction the country is going, if George W. Bush were on the ballot this fall, Democrats would win the presidency. Even an unspecified… return to article

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    McCain not only fought against raising the minimum wage.  He voted for an amendment that would have abolished a federal minimum wage, leaving it up to the states to establish it and some of them don’t have a minimum wage.

    United States Posted by chaoslegs on Jun 18, 2008 at 9:44 AM

    See also: http://www.counterpunch.org/valentine06132008.html

    United States Posted by spatter on Jun 18, 2008 at 9:47 AM
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