George McGovern-A True Progressive

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Check out htis link and read his liberal policies. he was a true maverick who even made enemies in his own party when it was the right thing to do.

Although he voted in favor of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, McGovern later became a strong critic of defense spending, and was an early and vocal opponent of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, often criticizing the policies of fellow Democrat, President Lyndon Johnson. And he was just as vocal with the Senate's "war hawks", such as when he assailed his colleagues for not supporting an amendment offered by Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield for a complete troop withdrawal from Vietnam: "Every Senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave . . ." he exhorted. "This chamber reeks of blood. . . . t does not take any courage at all for a Congressman or a Senator or a President to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Viet Nam, because it is not our blood that is being shed", and he blamed his colleagues for having contributed to "that human wreckage all across our land -- young men without legs or arms or genitals or faces -- or hopes."<2> And he dismissed a suggestion by powerful Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Stennis, "I'm tired of old men dreaming up wars for young men to fight. If he wants to use American ground troops in Cambodia, let him lead the charge himself."<3>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern#Opposition_to_Vietnam_War