Sen. McCain's fights against real interests

John McCain certainly has demonstrated over the years that he is well prepared to go toe-to-toe with special interests:

You must admire him for his stand against the disabled American veterans when he resisted their unreasonable demands for full VA funding so that their war wounds could be adequately addressed.

And surely you must stand up and salute his resolute stand against those lobbying for health care for sick children when he voted to sustain Bush's veto of the Schips program not once, but twice.

And can we ever forget how he stood up to the Federal Reserve when it tried to regulate the Savings and Loan industry to prevent it from looting the life savings of retired people by Charles Keating and his cronies.

Patriotism certainly had its defender when he stood up against those who urged caution evaluating suspicious intelligence when he voted to turn over Congressional responsibility for declaring war to a radical president and vice president which of course they promptly exercised.

And that pesky AARP got its comeuppance when McCain stood up to be counted for privatization and the dismantling of Social Security. (Putting your Social Security at the mercy of Wall Street seems to be a great idea considering the events of the last few days).

And who can forget the line he drew in the sand every time a proposal came up to raise the minimum wage over the last 26 years? He must have been sick the day they sneaked that one through 10 years ago.

And Constitutional protectionists beware when you tread upon the path of dismantling the Constitutional when McCain supports every assault upon personal freedoms and protections that Bush can dream up.

I'm not exactly sure how he is going to stand up for regulating the vultures of Wall Street when he spent so many years kowtowing to the great deregulator Ronald Reagan.

I am so glad that McCain is a Republican and even happier that I'm not.

James Prescott

Schaumburg