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WASHINGTON (Associated Press)
February 17, 2007 — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain,
a staunch supporter of sending more troops to Iraq, will skip a
Senate vote on the war today to campaign in Iowa while other
candidates rearrange their schedules.
In control of the Senate, Democrats called the rare session
today for the procedural vote. They need 60 votes to advance a
non-binding resolution criticizing President Bush's plan to
boost the number of U.S. forces in the nearly four-year-old war.
McCain, R-Ariz., has derided the Democratic move as political
trickery.
He backs Bush's plan, and his presence or absence would make no
difference in the outcome of the vote. So he plans to stick to
his itinerary of three town hall meetings in Iowa, the early
voting state in the primaries.
