[RWR8189]

These are the types of things that McCain is always been good at.

And Dr. Coburn is always fighting the good fight in Washington, that's why he's hated by Republicans and despised by Democrats.

[MNJohnnie]

Heard all this talk before from McCain. Problem is all McCain does is talk. When HE wants something like CFR or the Terrorist Bill of Right he gets it passed no matter what. However, when it come to Spending, McCain TALKS a good game and DOES nothing. Sorry but ACTIONS speak far louder then any WORDS from a Politician.

[MNJohnnie]

"a war, in a measure designed to give our fighting men and women the funds they need," said McCain, "the Congress has given in to its worst pork-barrel instincts." These were among the earmarks he pointed out"

Funny how McCain had no problem sliding his Terorist Bill of Rights into the SAME bill using the SAME sleazy tactics he cried about here.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

Everyone should contact their representatives ASAP and let them know that the American people are overwhelmingly in support of McCain and Coburn on this issue. Flood their email and mail boxes!!

[kittymyrib]

Dr. Coburn was not supported in the primary of '04 by the GOP. The good conservative voters of OK put him in office in spite of the GOP establishment. That is what should happen in every state.
And by the way, where IS George Bush's veto stamp? Pres. Reagan, a real conservative, vetoed a bill for having 150 pork-barrel earmarks. Pres. Bush, who is no conservative, signed off on 15,268 pork-barrel payoffs, including $2,000,000 for a new public park for Diane Feinstein in San Francisco. I guess the perverts were over-crowding the old parks...truly a pressing public need. No wonder deficits have ballooned during Bush's administration. You can't have guns and butter, a lesson we should have learned long ago.

[G.Mason]

"McCain and Coburn last Wednesday proposed a revolutionary change in the way Congress has done more and more of its business over the past two decades. They announced their intention to "challenge" future earmarks as a violation of Senate rules. That would have meant a roll call vote on each of the 15,268 special spending items in 2005 (nearly a four-fold increase over the previous decade) that individual members quietly slipped into massive bills in the dead of night."

Though I loathe McCain and can only think that his reasons are merely political posturing for an ill advise second run for the Whitehouse, I believe Congress should be forced to work for a living, staying in session as long as it would take to pass these "special spending" items.

Who knows where best to put a red light in their district indeed!

[maggief]

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) adjusts his headphones during the 'What is at Stake in Iraq' session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2006. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs

[atomicpossum]

They announced their intention to "challenge" future earmarks as a violation of Senate rules. That would have meant a roll call vote on each of the 15,268 special spending items in 2005

If it were this easy, why didn't someone try it in the last 30 years? Surely there had to be at least one Senator who gave a damn.

[RAY]

Dr. Tom Coburn is the man - an articulate man of principle, a rarity in Washington.

However, one wonders, if he doesn't bring home the pork to Oklahoma, will they reelect him? I hope his principles are strong enough to ignore that possibility.