is it, a, john mccain? b, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesn t know what the word maverick means? or d, all of the above? that s right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the national journal released its ranking of the senators with 2010 s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possibleç 100. he s tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including jon cornyn, jim demint, and john thune, the very conservative tom coburn is ranked more liberal than john mccain. mccain s ranking represents a dramatic shift to the right. he was not ranked in 2007 and 2008 because he missed too many votes while running for president. but in the five years prior he ranked between 44th and 49th, which made him among the most liberal republican senators.
b, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesn t know what the word maverick means?ç or d, all of the above? that s right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the national journal released its ranking of the senators with 2010 s most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possible 100. he s tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including john cornyn, jim demint, and john thune, the very conservative tom coburn is ranked more liberal than john mccain. mccain s ranking represents a dramatic shift to the right. he was not ranked in 2007 and 2008 because he missed too many votes while running for president. but in the five years prior he ranked between 44th and 49th, which made him among the most liberal republican senators. joining me now to discuss the
blurring the lines between public affairs and information operations it becomes such a dilemma. which don t know what the exact impact of the influencing operations were. what we do know is that one of the things this team was tasked was after the meetings to go look at the media reports after wards and do other analysis to see what kind of impact that this sort of influence operation had. but yeah, i think that one of the more interesting developments is just this month there s been a push for 2 billion more for general caldwell s afghan training mission. so whether or not it had an effect or not, it seems like general caldwell has gotten more resources. michael hastings of rolling stone, thank you for joining me tonight. thanks for having me, sir. i appreciate it. during john mccain s 2008 presidential campaign he spent pretty much all of his time trying to convince voters that he was a maverick willing to defy his party. then why in 2010 did he rank as the most conservative
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