Senator Warner
My Senator, John Warner, is on everyone’s list of the swing votes in the Senate on the "nuclear option" to prevent use of the filibuster.
I disagree with Warner’s positions on the vast majority of issues, but I will always respect him for standing up against his party and saying that Oliver North was unfit to be a member of the U.S. Senate. As Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, he’s been active in investigating the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Most recently, he was one of the few Senators to oppose intervening in the Terri Schiavo case.
He’s one of the few Republicans who I’ve voted for. I supported him over Mark Warner in 1996, who seemed to have nothing going for him but a lot of money (made flipping telecom licenses, no less), as well as in 2002, when the Dems didn’t nominate anyone. He may well get my vote again in 2008. But tomorrow, he’s getting a phone call.
