Sen. Angus King of Maine bills himself as an “independent,” but his voting record is such that if it could, the Federal Trade Commission might want to charge him with false advertising.
That’s because, when Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says “Jump,” King—like the Democrats he caucuses with, despite being a nominal independent—dutifully asks: “How high?”
As a Maine native, it has long rankled me that the supposedly “independent” King is never called out for his reflexive support of the liberal Democratic Party line while Maine’s other senator, Republican Susan Collins, is willing to deviate from the conservative GOP party line when she thinks it’s warranted, even though she knows it will get her branded in some quarters as a “RINO,” or Republican in Name Only.
Collins’ independent streak is born somewhat out of…
