That's how this Investor's Business Daily (IBD) article describes Senators Barack Obama and John McCain when it comes to education.
While both senators have tried to build an independent image on other issues, on education they are staunch partisans.
Well, not exactly. By all accounts, John McCain strongly supports No Child Left Behind--which isn't exactly a favorite of the GOP base. And Obama has gone out of his way to promote merit pay and charter schools, which are anathema to the teachers unions. It's true that McCain supports vouchers and Obama supports more spending--typical partisan positions--but for better or for worse, education politics are still too mixed-up and fluid to define along party lines.
Ah, the revered IBD. First it got it wrong on beer, and now this.
