Whatever happened to McCain the Maverick?

Question

He tried to be a Maverick for 30 years but the far right finally broke him and made them their tool, as this convention proved. Attack politics, cynical plays to the radical right, appeals to fear and lies, lies, lies.

The far right's methods might not be as cruel as the Vietcongs, who broke McCain in a few years, but they could be ultimately more damaging to our country.

Can't you see why a real maverick cannot wait his turn. If he does, he risks becoming what it is he wants to change.

Answer 1

He received the RNC nomination.

So he returned to the fold.

Answer 2

Looks like a Mavrick to me vs. Obama and Biden more of the same.

Pork in the Presidential Race

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Alexa Moutevelis

CCAGW’s 2007 Congressional Ratings came out yesterday and you may be wondering how the presidential nominees did.

• Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) 2007 rating was 10 percent, making his lifetime score 18 percent. The 2008 Congressional Pig Book contained 53 earmarks worth $97.4 million for Sen. Obama, including $1,648,850 for the Shedd Aquarium.

• Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) received the worst possible rating in 2007 with 0 percent, while his lifetime rating is 22 percent. According to the Pig Book, Sen. Biden had 70 earmarks for a total of $119.7 million in fiscal year 2008, including $246,100 for the Grand Opera House in Wilmington.

• Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) received a score of 100* percent and has a lifetime rating of 88, has never requested nor received a single earmark, and has pledged to veto any spending bill that contains any earmarks.

*Sen. McCain was only present for 11 of the 35 Senate votes that CCAGW tallied. Therefore, he was not eligible for the Taxpayer Super Hero Award

Answer 3

He sold that out too...for the nomination.

Answer 4

the lobbyist bought him out