Biography Tour
Posted by Michael Link on April 4, 2008 at 10:59 AM
What's been ignored in McCain's "biography tour" is the quarter-century he spent in Congress, casting votes he's now attempting to run away from, such as his vote against the King holiday. The Congress as a whole, at the time, was overwhelmingly in favor with a majority of Republicans also voting in favor of recognizing the man.
It wasn't a one-time mistake. Several years passed with him still opposing a federal holiday. He also opposed a state holiday in his home state of Arizona, until finally changing his mind.
Since then, how honest has he been about it? Well, in 2000, he claimed the reason he voted against it was because "it cost too much money." This week, he changed his tune, arguing that he simply didn't have a lot of experience with the issue.
John McCain is going to have to address his record in Congress, whether he likes it or not. You can't just ignore a quarter-century and pretend it never happened.
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