OK. I figured McCain and Obama might have actually been out of town - although presidential candidates do have a history of avoiding controversial votes.
Thanks for the response. Sorry if it seem like I was making the issue personal. Your last comments made sense to me.
It's generally accepted that Presidential candidates will spend so much time away from the Senate campaigning, that they will miss votes. I do think McCain has honed this to a new art form this year, but I honestly don't know how he compares to candidates who ran for the Presidency in campaigns prior to this one. The following links provide information concerning this year and the candidates who ran.
2008/04/08 McCain casts last Senate vote during his Presidential Campaign. By the EOBD 06/30/08, he has missed 373 votes or 61.8% of the Senate votes in the 110th Congress. His has cast one vote since 03/14/08. It was on April 8th. LINK
I haven't updated this since the 30th, but the Senate wasn't in session last week as near as I can tell. I didn't see any votes registered, so I'm fairly confident.
4 posted on 07/14/2008 6:29:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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