its not that mccain never requested earmarks, but didnt request any last year. you have to spend time in washington and actually work on legislation to ask for them. so saying mccain never asked for any is an untrue staement. c'mon hes a politician what knid of politician dont waste mony on something. its a prerequisit for the job.
yokinazu Reviewed by yokinazu on . McCain never requested earmarks So far, McCain got my vote over big spenders Clinton and Obama. Clinton tops 2008 rivals, gets $530M in earmarks By Alexander Bolton Posted: 11/09/07 08:41 PM Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) has won tens of millions of dollars more in federal earmarks this year than her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, even though two of them have significantly more Senate seniority. A review of the first three appropriations conference reports finished by Senate and Rating: 5