A Second Look: Under The Radar: Congress — McCain votes against Confirming Geithner After Saying He Supports Him

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From: The Progress Report [progress@americanprogressaction.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:03 AM
To: tomc2322
Subject: Breaking Free From Rush
CONGRESS — McCAIN VOTES AGAINST CONFIRMING GEITHNER AFTER SAYING HE WOULD SUPPORT HIM: Yesterday, the Senate confirmed former New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner as the new Treasury Secretary with a vote of 60 to 34. Geithner was sworn in last night by President Obama, who said, “Tim’s work and the work of the entire Treasury Department must begin at once.” Thirty Republicans, including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), voted against Geithner in their “first organized attempt to embarrass President Obama,” noted Politico. McCain’s vote, however, contradicts the position he took last week when CNN’s Larry King asked him if he would vote for Geithner. “Yes. Most likely,” he replied, adding that though he was “concerned about this tax issue and also the role that he played in the TARP,” he believed that the president should “be able to appoint the president’s team.” Last week, McCain stepped in to help another one of Obama’s nominees, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose confirmation had been delayed in a procedural move by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). “I think the message that the American people are sending us right now is that they want us to work together and get to work,” said McCain.

I have said over and over that John McCain is not a maverick, he is however, a hypocrite of the highest order. He sold his soul to the neo-cons for votes during the campaign. He picked a running mate he would never have considered in a million years had in not been for those very same neo-cons he should out to. I have been calling him “Weathervane” McCain since 2006. I think it fits.

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