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McCain's Missed Votes Elicit Call for His Resignation From Home-state Republican

May 23, 2007

A senior Republican state legislator from John McCain's home state of Arizona "called on Sen. John McCain to resign from his seat Tuesday if he continues to miss votes while campaigning for president." [Arizona Daily Star, 5/23/07] The news comes as the GOP presidential wannabe returns to Washington, not for votes, but to meet with his struggling campaign's finance committee and hold a rooftop fundraiser hosted by D.C. lobbyists. [johnmccain.com]

A recent report cited McCain as having "missed 43 votes, nearly 50 percent of the current Congress' votes," a substantially greater number than any other presidential candidate. Among those votes McCain has missed are almost every major vote on Iraq, despite championing the President's failed strategy and the Bush-McCain escalation. [Arizona Daily Star, 5/23/07; U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session (2007)]

State legislator Russell Pearce, Chairman of the Arizona State House's Appropriations Committee, said that "if McCain wants to be a full-time candidate and not be at the Senate, he ought to consider resigning." Pearce's comments come days after McCain lashed out at fellow Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), after the Texan called out McCain for being "out of line" by choosing to "parachute in" at the last minute despite not sitting in on negotiations on the Senate immigration bill. At that time McCain responded by accusing Cornyn of "making a 'chickens-t' argument" and shouting, "[Expletive] you!" It's yet to be seen how he'll respond to Pearce. [Washingtonpost.com, 5/18/07; Roll Call, 5/21/07; Arizona Daily Star, 5/23/07]

"Even to Republicans in his home state, it has become obvious that John McCain is willing to do anything to win the GOP primary except the job taxpayers are paying him to do," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Luis Miranda. "Fundraisers with lobbyists and meetings to save his struggling presidential campaign shouldn't be the priority when McCain is in Washington. McCain owes the people of Arizona an explanation."

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