Florida Democratic Party: McCain’s Low Road on NASA

“Once again, John McCain and his campaign have decided to take the low road rather than defend his own record on NASA issues, which Florida Today called “downright schizophrenic.” Not only has McCain voted to take funding from NASA to fund other priorities, but his “fantasy” plan to pay for making the Bush’s tax cuts permanent by freezing discretionary funding and vetoing every bill with earmarks would cost the Mars mission millions.

Here are the facts on John McCain’s record on NASA funding:”

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