John McCain: An Essay, by John Karaagac: on Budget & Economy


John McCain: Consistent conservative voting on free-market principles

For someone whom critics characterized as insufficiently conservative in the 2000 Republican primary, McCain compiled a domestic voting record in the House that reflected a standard, and highly consistent, conservative record. In this, he was no different from any other sun-belt conservative, espousing a fairly predictable line on a range of issues which hung together, perhaps loosely, but which hung together nonetheless.

He was on the right-hand side of most "values" issues--at a time when they had NOT been endorsed by Democrats. In economic policies, McCain's priorities also revealed the same type of free-market principles as Phil Gramm of Texas, "Boll Weevil" Democrat-turned-Republican, who moved from the House to the Senate in the early 1980s and would continue to be one of McCain's closest allies, even though they diverged on campaign finance reform and tobacco legislation.

Source: John McCain: An Essay, by John Karaagac, p.148 Sep 20, 2000

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