10 Things to Know about John McCain

MoveOn.org has put out a great bullet point list for McCain's record.

Here it is briefly:

• McCain voted against establishing MLK Jr. day as a holiday
• Pat Buchanan has said that McCain "will make Cheney look like Ghandi."
• The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain the worst member of Congress for children.
• McCain is one of the wealthiest members of Congress owning at least 8 homes, yet his solution for the foreclosure crisis is for people to work a second job and skip vacations.
• Man of McCains colleagues worry deeply that his temper will get the US in trouble
• McCain rails against special interests but his top advisors are all lobbyists.
• McCain has coddled the Christian right in his bid for the White House, using Rod Parsley as a spiritual guide (Parsley said America's mission is to destroy Islam) and he sought political support from Jerry Falwell and John Hagee (Hagee said Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for homosexuality)
• McCain got a ZERO rating from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

For more on this list visit www.moveon.org. Voters need to engage McCain on these issues and raise awareness about his record. His reputation for being moderate has faded away. I hope Log Cabin Republicans and other fair minded members of the party can convince him that these are losing strategies.