If nothing else, this is the difference McCain would have made as president

WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John McCain, his party's failed 2008 presidential contender, announced Monday he'd join the vast majority of the GOP to vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who's on track to be confirmed this week as the first Hispanic justice.

McCain's decision, the day before the Senate debates President Barack Obama's first high court nominee, underscored the degree to which Republicans -- even those who, like the Arizonan, represent large Hispanic populations -- have turned against Sotomayor. Conservatives argue she'd bring her own biases to the bench.

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