Where does John McCain stand on technology issues?
With over two decades in the Senate, John McCain of Arizona has developed quite the resume with respect to technology legislation. BetaNews’ Ed Oswald takes a look at where McCain stands on some of the most high-profile issues. Perhaps simply because he is 72 years of age, Sen. John McCain is often the brunt of jokes that presume he knows little or nothing about modern technology, consumer electronics, or the Internet. Yet McCain’s record tells a different story. As a 22-year veteran of the US Senate, including six years spent as chairman of the Commerce Committee and having also chaired its Science Subcommittee, the senior senator from Arizona has taken leading positions on a multitude of technology-related issues. Legislation authored or sponsored by McCain has had significant impact on this country’s citizens, and among the most important of the technology causes he championed has been the digital television transition. An architect of the DTV transition The nation’s switch from ana
