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McCain Communications Tool Kit

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Labor Communicators' Toolkit: John McCain on Working Peoples' Issues

• Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has a column on how McCain has flip-flopped on his former, saner position on taxes.
• CtWConnect has a blog post on McCain's economic policies. Not surprisingly, they mimic Bush's economic policies. Read on.
  
• AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued a press release decrying McCain's economic proposals.
• MoveOn.org has got 10 Things To Know About McCain for voters who may be considering voting for him.
• The AFL-CIO has come out with a comprehensive list of talking points for labor communicators to use in discussing McCain.  
• The Drum Major Institute has published report cards for each member of Congress based on his/her voting records on issues important to the middle class. Read why McCain gets a failing grade.
• And, a March 18 CNN Poll shows that 71 percent of Americans believe the war is hurting our economy. (Thanks to James Parks at the AFLCIONow blog for this item.)

Videos and Video Campaigns

Less Jobs, More Wars: a project of BraveNewFilms

YouTube video with McCain describing How He Will Support NAFTA

McCain is Convinced the Economy is Strong, and Bush: McCain Will Not Change my Policies  Two videos from ThinkProgress, a blog which remixes and edits footage from CNN and other mainstream sources.

TV Ad on how McCain will be the McSame as Bush

Broadcast Union News weblog: John McCain Doesn't Like Unions. This item contains lots of references to news articles on McCain's positions.

Jonathan Cohn of The National Review on why McCain's healthcare plan doesn't even approach being universal.

AFL-CIO blog item  and List of News Sources on McCain's ties to subprime housing lenders.

From the AFL-CIO's Political Department, a researched list of articles on McCain.

AFL-CIO Working Families Vote page on McCain on the issues:You can click on each issue category to see a summary of each candidate’s position and voting record on working families’ issues like health care, social security, and free trade.

Most fun of all is an interactive website called McCainRevealed , a virtual book with pages you can "turn" to view sections on each issue and take action to spread the word about McCain's real record on working families' issues.