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February 6, 2008
The Myth of the “Moderate Maverick”
Nancy Keenan is president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.
Is it just me, or was Super Tuesday super exhausting? I know all of us political junkies were up late into the night obsessing over which candidate won which state.
I lost count of how many times the talking heads and pundits called Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) a moderate. And how do most voters interpret that description? If Sen. McCain is a moderate, then he’s probably okay on a woman’s right to choose, right?
Well, that would be the myth of the "moderate maverick"… No, he's definitely NOT a moderate and definitely NOT pro-choice!
While many far-right radio personalities, like Rush Limbaugh, attack Sen. McCain as a “moderate maverick,” and it seems that pundits are repeating the talking points, NARAL Pro-Choice America has made it crystal clear that they will not let Sen. McCain benefit from the misperception that moderate means pro-choice.
When it comes to choice, Sen. McCain is neither a moderate, nor a maverick, he’s just plain wrong. As we move toward the general election, NARAL Pro-Choice America will make sure that voters, especially pro-choice Independent and Republican women, know the truth about Sen. McCain.
Let’s look at the facts:
- Sen. McCain has a 25-year record of voting against women’s freedom and privacy.
- He has even gone so far as to call for the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
- On the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Sen. McCain stated, “If I am fortunate enough to be elected as the next president of the United States, I pledge to you to be a loyal and unswerving friend of the right-to-life movement.”
Click here to read more.
Check out NARAL Pro-Choice America’s 14-page summary of Sen. McCain’s votes against birth control, measures that would protect women and doctors from violence at reproductive-health clinics, and funding for teen- pregnancy-prevention programs, and much, much more.
Please take a look at the McCain section on NARAL Pro-Choice America's website.
Let’s end the “myth of the moderate maverick.”
Posted by Bush v. Choice at February 6, 2008 1:08 PM