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(3) Blocking the appointment of conservative judges by virtue of his "gang of 14" that eliminated the "nuclear option" that would have allowed Presidential judicial nominees to have been approved or disapproved by a simple majority of the Senate and not a supermajority of sixty.

(4) Limiting freedom of political speech by virtue of his McCain Feingold Act banning certain political advertisements.

(5) Imposing a staggering burden on American industry and consumers by artificially increasing the cost of carbon based fuels. Senator McCain has swallowed the bogus science of man-made global warming hook, line, sinker, rod, reel and boat. And his principles require all of us to accept the same hook.

p>That said, there are many admirable qualities of John McCain. As the peerless Mark Levin has said, if John McCain did not have so many liberal political positions, he would be a terrific candidate for the Republican Party and President of the United States. But the reality of his positions requires a conservative to reject the Senator because of his principles. br> -- Frank Natoli br> Newton, New Jersey /p> p> Sorry, Mr. Wallison. John McCain is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a man of principle in the mold of Ronald Reagan. Mr. McCain is an opportunist of the first order, even as he pretends to being a straight talker. He doesn't talk straight about illegal immigration; he doesn't talk straight about taxes; he doesn't talk straight about his support for the surge; he didn't talk straight about the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth; he didn't talk straight about the tactics his campaign used in SC and MI in 2000. No, the good Senator McCain is not to be trusted, particularly since he is no different than Billie's wife at root. How long must we all pay for his Keating 5 transgression? br> -- P.A. Melita br> Charlottesville, VA /p>

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