McCain Flunks at Drum Major

In trying to predict the Republican nominee for '08, I've been reviewing the records of some of the front runners, including John McCain. The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy rates congress members based on their past voting record and how it affects Middle-Class Americans. The scale is painfully subjective (for example, free trade is considered anti-Middle-Class), but they highlight some of McCain's less flatering votes:

He voted against raising the minimum wage. He voted for Big Business on the Bankruptcy Bill. He voted against the Support for Social Security resolution.

I do not want to manipulate McCain's voting record the way Republican's manipulated Kerry's, but McCain is not the champion of the middle class that he often claims. After the beating he took by Bush in 2000, and his questionable voting records, he is weakened for national elections. And turning 70 next month, McCain will have a hard time winning the presidency, let alone the Republican nomination.