The Campaign Spot

I Quibble With Ms. McCain’s Use of the Word ‘Consistently’

Meghan McCain, John McCain’s blogging, column-writing daughter: “It is no secret that the Republican Party, for all its faults, consistently displays party unity.”

The fact that no Republican in the House voted for the stimulus and that no Republican voted for Obama’s budget supports her statement. But there are some glaring exceptions (not even getting into her father’s oft-mentioned “maverick” status) — the House vote on the 90 percent bonus tax, whether or not to oppose any of Obama’s cabinet nominees, last fall’s Wall Street bailout vote, how to deal with illegal immigration . . .

Exit mobile version