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Just as a fact-checky like diversion, it’s worth reading a bit more about how The National Journal (which is the ‘study’ that McCain cites) arrives at their definition of “most liberal.”
In short, if you miss a lot of votes (which presidential candidates sort of do) the rankings come out all screwy.
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