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How Fair Is the 'Third Term' Jab?

Posted Jun 17, 08 9:06 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – With President Bush posting record disapproval ratings, Democrats have gleefully dubbed a John McCain presidency a "third Bush term." The claim is at least partially justified, reports the New York Times in an analysis of the "McBush" charge—McCain agrees with Bush on taxation, health care, the war, abortion, and judicial appointments. But they diverge on questions of the environment, diplomacy, and nuclear proliferation—which the McCain campaign is playing up.

While it remains unfair to paint McCain as a doctrinaire conservative, he has lost his reputation as a maverick over the years. His biggest shifts have been on economic policy: he now supports the huge Bush tax cuts he once ridiculed. But a McCain presidency would introduce departures; for instance, the candidate has vowed to impose mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change.

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