Confessions

[GAsux]

I watch CSPAN.


I like John McCain. Im relatively liberal, although clearly less so than most of you. Regardless, it was with a bit of admiration that I watched Sen. McCain this evening state his opposition to the proposed constitutional marriage amendment. He demonstrated that the institution of marriage is not threatened by a few states allowing gay marrieage, by reminding his colleagues that the framers intentionally made it difficult to amend the constitution requiring substantial support from not only Congressmen but their constituencies and pointing out that the amendment lacked such support, and finally by reminding his fellow Republicans that such legislation runs contrary to the parties historical position of supproting states rights over the federal govt, including a passage from the Federalist papers (#52) as a reference.

I like that McCain has consistently proven himself to be able to rise above partisan politics and not blindly follow the "rules" of his party. For a high profile, senior Senator to take such positions is admirable in my book.