Reaction: McCain teaching us all the value of voting

According to the Washington Post, John McCain has missed his 42nd consecutive vote in the Senate. Instead of voting, he's out hitting the campaign trail trying to raise money for his presidential bid. Now I have a few problems with this. First off his campaign has said that it is nearly impossible to vote on all the issues AND run for President. So, let's try on this novel idea for size... don't commit to serving in the Senate before running for President if you can't handle it. What makes me even more upset is this statement by his campaign, "The Senator has not missed a vote where his vote would have affected the outcome, and he will make every effort to be in the Senate on the occasions when it would." So all these years where I've been told by my parents, teachers, and politicians alike that my vote always counts and I should never consider my vote insignificant or unable to change an outcome were apparently flat wrong. If a Senator's vote doesn't count for squat - mine sure as hell shouldn't be missed.