Awesome, fun facts about John McCain!

H/T to Craig Newmark via ProgressiveAccountability.com:

  • 95 percent of the time McCain voted with George W. Bush in 2007. 
  • 100 percent of the time McCain voted with George W. Bush in 2008 so far. 
  • 164 lobbyists McCain enlisted to set policy and raise money for his campaign. 
  • 100 years - the time John McCain thinks U.S. forces must stay in Iraq. 
  • $10 billion amount John McCain would spend in Iraq each month.
  • 10 number of houses John McCain forgot he owns. 
  • 58 percent of McCain?s tax benefits go to the top 1 percent of taxpayers and only 9 percent to the bottom 80 percent.
  • 29 lobbyists from the oil and gas industry tied to McCain’s campaign.
  • $1.1 million amount of money McCain received in the month he adopted Bush and Big Oil’s off-shore drilling policy. 
  • $930 million amount Sen. John McCain’s lobbyist bundlers, advisors and staff members collected from domestic clients over the past decade. 
  • $3.8 billion amount McCain’s tax plan gives in tax breaks to the top five American oil companies.?
  • $1.9 billion amount in tax breaks, under McCain’s plan, to the 10 biggest health insurers.
  • 0 John McCain?s 2007 League of Conservation Voters rating. 
  • 125 times John McCain voted against Choice ? he even said that he would overturn Roe v. Wade.

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