Reply #5: No, he does not

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He is a conservative on social and economic issues, but even on such issues he does not always vote the way the administration wants, an example being the Medicare drug bill. He has consistently voted with the dems on Iraq all this year, and was the initiator or one of the main cosponsors of several related bills and amendments. He is one of two republicans (Lugar being the other) that has voted against the Kyl-Lieberman Iran resolution, that so many democrats including Clinton voted for. On foreign policy issues he is one of the best in the Senate, in terms of vision and overall understanding of the issues. Hate him or love him or even better take him as he is, but be fair.