AP: AFL-CIO Gearing Up to Go After McCain

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8V7JHRO0&show_article=1

Mar 5 07:18 PM US/Eastern
By JESSE J. HOLLAND
AP Labor Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The AFL-CIO's leaders on Wednesday found a presidential candidate they can agree to focus on: Sen. John McCain.

The nation's largest labor federation announced at its executive council meeting in San Diego that it would continue to remain neutral in the Democratic race between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, but would begin training its political resources on McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee.

Political director Karen Ackerman said the opening salvo will be to link McCain to President Bush, who endorsed the Arizona senator on Wednesday.

McCain "voted for every free trade deal that exports jobs, he voted against S-CHIP, he votes for national right to work bill, he voted against raising minimum wage," she said. "There is no jobs programs, his health care program is one that's based on individual health accounts and not in any way universal health care. So on every single measure on economic issues that working families care about, McCain really stands with the Bush administration policies over and over and over again."



Last year, Congress twice failed to override Bush vetoes of bills to increase federal spending on S-CHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

The AFL-CIO and its 56 unions expect to spend an estimated $200 million on the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.

"There was a lot of discussion at the executive council meeting among the presidents on the importance of really reaching out to union families, union members first and foremost but their families as well, to tell the real story of who John McCain is and what he stands for,"

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[NEDem]

1. At least someone has their eyes on the prize

Seems like people are forgetting what this is all about.

[DainBramaged]

2. I wonder if McCain will form a committee to explore the AFL-CIO

and see if they "are a for him or again him".

If he can stay awake