Political Jackass

Not only does Palin think that rape exams should be at the expense of the victim, McCain voted against a law that would make the exams free. So, is McCain/Palin the pro-rape ticket?

In 1994, John McCain voted against legislation — pushed through Congress by Joe Biden — that helped put an end to the practice of charging rape victims for sexual assault exams.

Twisted as it may sound, charging victims for a forensic exam was a real problem. For example, as AMERICAblog has documented (and the media is now reporting), when Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the town charged rape victims for the exams. Continue reading this story.