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A politician's voting record can be misleading, if used properly by an opponent. Sometimes a legislator will vote against a bill because of a minor feature, or because (s)he doesn't feel it goes far enough, and (s)he is holding out for something better. I believe Bob Dole voted against the Balanced Budget Amendment -- which he supported -- because it was going to lose either way, and he wanted to be able to move to reconsider, which may only be done by someone who voted on the losing side of a question. And it's an unfortunate feature of politics that a vote can have a defense which would be excellent were it not far longer and duller than the sound-bite "Senator Jackson voted against cutting your taxes!" |
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