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Sen. John McCain, missing another major vote on the Iraq war today in favor of presidential campaigning, has pulled far ahead of his 2008 rivals in at least one category: absenteeism. Over the last month, the Senate has held 33 votes. McCain has been on hand for just seven of those votes.

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agentX
April 29, 2007, 1:08 a.m.
I guess he's too busy on the 'stupid talk express' to do what the people of Arizona elected him to do.
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rickcb
April 29, 2007, 7:49 a.m.
Are we talking physically absent, or mentally?!!
Dubya takes first prize as "The most vacationed president in history!"
"Bush has spent more than a year of his presidency" at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. On August 19, 2005, "he broke Ronald Reagan's record of 335 days for America's most vacationed president."
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Lurch
May 20, 2008, 5:25 a.m.
McCain has not even been running against anyone for the most part. Yet, Clinton and Obama, who are battling it out in each and every state have been there to do their jobs MORE than McCain.
If he is too tired to do his job now, what`s he going to be like if he actually gets elected?