Saturday, November 1, 2008

McCain Political Issues

Abortion- john McCain is Pro-life but he thinks that there are some exceptions were people should have the choice like if the girl was rapped and if the mother was in danger of dying because of pregnancy. But he does support adoption and has adopted a daughter also.

Education- McCain supports The No Child Left Behind act that says that if the child is not doing well in his or hers current school then they should be able to switch to a school that would better suit him or her.

Death Penalty- John McCain supports the death penalty for most crimes but feels that it is misused and that it should be addressed.

Environment- McCain introduced the climate stewardship and innovation act of 2007 is was designed to reduce the green house gas emissions from the nation. He also voted for the use of alternative energy sources like nuclear energy.

Health care- McCain opposes universal health care and believes that the competition will improve the quality of health care. He believes that people should be able to purchase health care that follows them from state to state and job to job.

Immigration- John McCain agreed on bush to increase funding for border security and enforce existing laws. He also voted to construct a 700 mile fence along the United States Mexico border.

Iraq War- He voted for the use of military force in Iraq.

Economy/Poverty - John McCain also supported the 700 billion dollar bail out plan. He said the “this rescue bill isn’t perfect and it is an outrage that it is even necessary, but we have to stop the damage to our economy done by corrupt and incompetent practices on Wall Street and in Washington.”

Stem Cell Research- McCain supports federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on embryos that will be not needed. But he does oppose the creation of embryos for research.

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