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Thursday, March 10, 2005For the record:Friend of the People John McCain, lately of Campaign Finance Reform, was unsurprisingly among those who voted the other day (the 8th) to end procedural delays in the Senate's move to put the screws to those in financial trouble on behalf of their friends in the credit card industry. Not a single Republican, for the record, thought that multibillion dollar international lending agencies should be obliged to show as much discretion in issuing credit as consumers should be in accepting it. To their credit, some Democrats, including McCain's co-conspirator on CFR said no. They are: Akaka, Hawaii; Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.; Cantwell, Wash.; Clinton, N.Y.; Corzine, N.J.; Dayton, Minn.; Dodd, Conn.; Dorgan, N.D.; Durbin, Ill.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Harkin, Iowa; Inouye, Hawaii; Kennedy, Mass.; Kerry, Mass.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Mikulski, Md.; Murray, Wash.; Obama, Ill.; Reed, R.I.; Reid, Nev.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Sarbanes, Md.; Schumer, N.Y.; Wyden, Ore. We can mark this down as one of about three times the TurkeyBlog has been pleased by his California Senators' stands. To his credit, McCain did help squash the Minimum Wage Hike. Some see this as another opportunity to screw the poor. Having worked at McDonald's in college, I know it's just a clever way to make machines more cost-effective than people, eliminating the need for managers to fuss with the least able among us. Back to the bankruptcy bill - yes, the execrable thing passed, 74-25, and is expected to pass the House. And yes, Mr. Bush is expected to sign it. This is one place where he lost his "compassionate conservative" notes. Damn shame, inasmuch as he a) should do better and b) could really use the moment to assert that he's not just in the tank for big business. Except that in this regard he is. Too bad the Dems couldn't nominate a real candidate last fall. So we get the thaw in the Middle East, a marvel to behold. But we have to take this dreck in tradeoff. Just to give my perspective on the matter. 
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