McCain joins shitfit against 'Net neutrality

John McCain. A man who could've been so much more.

But nope. He chooses instead to be the unbending partisan he claimed he'd never be. Paying heed to the GOP hacks who surround him will do that, I guess.

Now McCain wants to block the FCC's 'Net neutrality regulations. The senator has a new bill that would rob the FCC of the power to enact such rules.

McCain's bill would be of questionable constitutionality and would certainly upset the very heart of separation of powers. You'd think it wouldn't pass in a Democratic Congress - but then again, this is the same Congress where more Democrats support the Patriot Act than health care reform or the Employee Free Choice Act.

And that's pretty sad.

As another writer pointed out, for McCain's bill to bar the FCC from overseeing telcom policy would be like a bill to bar the Treasury from minting money.

I also agree with this writer that part of McCain's sudden interest in Internet-related legislation is that he wants to see his name in the paper again.

Why else would such a self-described "maverick" produce such partisan hackery as this bill? This bill would hurt consumers but would carry big Internet providers' pee water.

(Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUS238174038020091023)