Senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.
"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."
John McCain, "one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires," says the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a "second job" and "skip their vacations."
McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."
McCain sought the political support of minister John Hagee, "who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church 'the Antichrist' and a 'false cult.'"
"The pastor McCain calls his 'spiritual guide,' Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a 'false religion.' "
"The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."
"John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
"He positions himself as pro environment, but he scored a zero — yes, zero — from the League of Conservation Voters last year."
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