Presidential Candidate McCain -- Eight Strikes and You're Out:

New York Times, by Thomas L. Friedman, August 12, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

On July 30, the Senate was voting for the eighth time in the past year on a broad, vitally important bill — S. 3335 — €” that would have extended the investment tax credits for installing solar energy and the production tax credits for building wind turbines and other energy-efficiency systems. Senator McCain did not show up for the crucial vote on July 30, and the renewable energy bill was defeated for the eighth time. In fact, John McCain has a perfect record on this renewable energy legislation. He has missed all eight votes over the last year — which effectively counts as a no vote each time. Once, he was even in the Senate and wouldn't leave his office to vote.