The President said he’d fight for middle-class people like me, and he kept his promise

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30. well, I do remember Sen. Obama campaigning for the legislation

. . . giving McCain a hard time for his opposition to the bill. It was a campaign pledge of his to nullify the 2007 court decision in Ledbetter vs. Goodyear. It was the first bill he signed when he achieved office.

I really don't know why you think his role in this is diminished just because Congress put it on his desk.

Then-Sen. Obama co-sponsored a bill that would have given employees more time to file suit -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- and Democrats largely supported it. But Republicans overwhelmingly opposed the measure as anti-business. President Bush, calling the bill a job killer, threatened to veto it, and although the House had passed a similar bill, the Senate, unable to amass enough votes to hold off a filibuster, did not vote.
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/10/opinion/ed-ledbetter10

(August 31, 2008). "Obama’s First Shot at Palin Focuses on Equal Pay". The Wall Street Journal.

After praising Republican John McCain‘s new running mate the past two days, Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday lobbed his first salvo at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

She “seems like a very nice person,” he began, repeating remarks he’s made often since McCain announced her selection on Friday. “But I’ve got to say she’s opposed, like John McCain is, to equal pay for equal work. That doesn’t make sense to me.”

Asked if Obama was referring to Palin’s own position on pay disparities, a campaign aide cited McCain’s “clear record opposing equal pay,” which “Palin is tasked with promoting.”

McCain in April opposed a bill to overturn a Supreme Court decision limiting pay discrimination lawsuits. Senate Republicans blocked the measure, which was intended to reconsider the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, an important cause among women’s advocates. McCain, who skipped the vote because he was campaigning in Louisiana, has said the act would have encouraged frivolous litigation harmful to employers.

read: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/31/obamas-first-shot-at-palin-focuses-on-equal-pay/