re: #98 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Did you see his wiki?

Party leadership and caucus memberships

House Sovereignty Caucus (Co-Founder)
International Conservation Caucus
Republican House Policy Committee (Chairman)
Sportsmen’s Caucus

Shortly before the midterm elections in November 2006, McCotter made a $250,000 contribution to the National Republican Congressional Committee. After the elections, when the Republicans had become the minority party in the House of Representatives, McCotter sought the Chairmanship of the House Republican Policy Committee. The other Republican seeking the post was Congressman Darrell Issa of southern California. In late 2006, McCotter was selected by the House Republican Caucus to head the Republican Policy Committee.
[edit] Political positions

McCotter is a member of both the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and the conservative Republican Study Committee.

In May 2007, House Minority Leader John Boehner labeled a bill by House Democrats aimed at stopping energy price gouging “as pointless political pandering.”[2] McCotter and 55 other Republicans voted for the bill.

McCotter has been an avid supporter of the United States’ involvement in the Iraq War. His continued support for the war has led to some community protest. Several groups have joined together under the banner of “Americans Against Escalation in Iraq” to pressure him into voting to end the war. On July 5, 2007, forty of the 662,563 members of his district staged a press conference and a demonstration in front of the congressman’s office.[citation needed] Organizers also promised to hold a three-day vigil called “Take a Stand Day” on August 28 in order to convince McCotter that his constituents wanted him to end the war and bring the troops home safely. In late fall 2007, opponents of McCotter hold weekly vigils outside of his Milford office in Oakland County to protest his consistent support of President George W. Bush’s policies in Iraq.

On September 22, 2008, McCotter became the first Republican in the House of Representatives to oppose the Paulson bailout plan, calling it “American socialism.” A week later, he and 132 other Republicans voted against the $700 billion bailout bill.

A July 24, 2009, press release from McCotter’s House website states that McCotter will introduce a House Resolution on July 27, 2009, calling on President Obama to apologize to police Sergeant James Crowley for his remarks about the latter’s arresting Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for disorderly conduct on July 16, 2009, if President Obama doesn’t first issue an apology on his own.[3]

On November 7, 2009, McCotter voted against the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, along with all but one of the other Republican Congressmen. The bill passed 220–215.[4]