McCain hasn't been to DC to cast a single vote since April 8th

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/11/reid_chastises_mccain_for_not.html

With the Senate grinding on this week to a long, painful finish, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saw it fit today to take presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain to task for failing to show up for tough votes -- or any votes -- even as his Democratic opponent has been leaving the campaign trail to attend to Senate business.

McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8.

"I should mention how glad my fellow Democrats and I were to have our nominee for president here to vote on these important bills. Senator Obama has come to work and taken tough stands. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Senator McCain," Reid groused. "Perhaps taking tough stands on important issues is not part of Senator McCain's campaign strategy. Perhaps he's just too busy on the campaign trail to do his day job."

Obama left the campaign trail this week to vote in favor of warrantless wiretapping legislation he was roundly criticized for supporting, and for legislation preventing a cut in physician reimbursements from Medicare. McCain expressed his opinion -- in favor of the former, against the latter -- but did not cast a ballot.

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1. What a maverick.