I always have to preface any comment I make about McCain with these two statements:

John McCain is a great American.
John McCain is not a great conservative.

Harry Reid has decided to pull a stunt to gather some press airtime over the weekend by scheduling a vote on Iraq on Saturday. Note: this is blatantly politically motivated. That being said... where is John McCain going to be on Saturday? Hazard a guess?

According to ABC here's what the rest of the field is going to be doing:

• Hillary?: "...had planned to spend a full day in New Hampshire. Instead, she will host a town hall meeting in Dover, N.H., in the morning and then return to Washington to vote."
  
• Joe Biden?: "...in Iowa on Friday and will return to Capitol Hill on Saturday. He will head back to Iowa after the vote to attend a dinner in Davenport."
  
• Chris Dodd?: "...was supposed to be in South Carolina on Saturday, but his campaign was considering sending a surrogate."
  
• Brownback?: "...had planned to be in Florida to attend the National Religious Broadcasters' convention but is cutting short his visit even though he doesn't plan to side with Reid."
  
• Barack O?: "... will be able to fit the vote into his campaign schedule."
  

And how about John McCain? "...he plans to stick to his itinerary of three town hall meetings in Iowa, the early voting state in the primary process."

John will not be voting on the Iraq issue. It's no skin off my back John. Just more grist for my mill. But in all seriousness I wish he would show some muster and be a Republican Senator. Who knows... his vote might make all the difference for a few Senators. (It certainly would help his cause with conservatives)

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