May 29 2008
McCain misses more Senate votes than other presidential candidates…or any other senator
McCain Leads! (In Missed Votes) – Capitol Briefing
In the wake of his highly publicized (especially here – heh) absence on the 2008 GI bill vote, news emerges that John McCain has missed more Senate votes than both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. McCain has missed 60% of the votes, Obama 41.8% and Clinton 31.7%.
Aside from beating his fellow presidential candidates, McCain has missed more votes than any other senator, including South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson, who suffered a brain hemorrhage in late December and did not return to the Senate for several months (he missed 53.9% of the votes).
One would think that, since John McCain is the presumptive nominee and Clinton and Obama have been running their primary race much longer than he would have much more of an opportunity to show up for votes. Apparently not.
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