"We've got to give them some stimulus. We've got to give them some tax relief."

That's St. McCain on the campaign trail recently, lending his thoughts on the economy. Well St. McCain of Arizona was the only flipping Senator that neglected to show up to vote for the "green" stimulus package last night. He had recently pointed out that a stimulus bill was needed desperately. John McCain should be hammered for this. He has been proclaiming himself the frontrunner since Supercalifragilistic Totalitarian Tuesday, wouldn't that enable him to free up some time to get on a fucking plance and vote for the package. My understanding is that the stimulus package failed by a single vote. This bill would've increased the amount of people getting tax rebates (actually lifting the cieling, therefore more rich people would get rebates, shouldn't the GOP like that), provided incentives for renewable energy, and increased unemployment benefits. Once again, it failed by a single vote. Brad Plumer has got a great post over at the The Plank detailing some of the other votes that St. McCain, son of God, heir to the throne of the Lord, has missed. The real tragedy is that the media will most likely let this slip by. The Chris Matthews', Anne Kornblut's, and David Gregory's of the world (not to mention countless others) will ignore this completely in order to continue their fawning coverage of the heroic and manly St. McCain.

Enough has been said. God help us all...