So I got an email from the Sierra Club mailing list about a new scorecard put out by the League of Conservation Voters for the first session of the 110th Congress. The link for the main site is here: http://lcv.org/scorecard/ Apparently, according to McCain's record, he has been absent for every single major environmental vote for the first session. You can find the total record here: http://capwiz.com/lcv_stage/bio/keyvotes/?id=192&congress=1102&lvl=C. The votes recorded were on things like Oil Refineries, CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards, Farm Subsidy Reforms, and Water Resources with links to more information about each bill. The only thing I'm wary about is a lack of a link to the actual proposed bill, which I like to see simply because there's usually things hidden in bills that people who vote know by reading it that we may not see on a summary. Nevertheless, his record isn't particularly exceptional for the other years the scorecard was done, but it isn't as dismal as this one. So, I'm curious as to what this could mean. I know that the conservative base were worried about his stance on things like the war, so maybe he's avoiding making an environmental vote that would further alienate them? Or maybe he's avoiding making an environmental vote that would bite him in the butt in the general elections. Or maybe it's both. Or maybe the study itself is skewed. Any thoughts?