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As Mr. McCaul’s Democratic Party opponent in the 2006 election, I disagree with your piece. In particular, shortly after the Baker-Hamilton Report was issued, Mr. McCaul specifically rejected one of the most useful recommendations–the part urging Diplomatic negotiations with Syria and Iran in his weekly e-mail “McCaul Minute”. As to his “solid 55%”, this was […]

I was shocked to read Rich Oppel’s piece last Sunday, describing Congressman Michael McCaul as a moderate who responded to the needs of his mixed constituency. In fact, McCaul’s constituent service is the worst of any congressman I have ever seen. I have written to him about issues before Congress many, many times, but I […]

In the Sunday Commentary on Mike McCaul, Rich Oppel stated that ‘He won re-election with a solid 55 percent of the vote.’ He won with the least percentage of any incumbent Congressman in Texas. Mike McCaul had $600,000. His opponent, Ted Ankrum, who was a first time candidate with no name ID when he started, […]

In Sunday’s paper, Rich Oppel praised Congressman McCaul for seeking a diplomatic solution to the Iraqi crisis. Mr. McCaul’s timing and message show a Congressman conforming to American opinion and adopting a centrist position after the mid-term elections. If Mr. Oppel is pointing to Mr. McCaul as a leader, I would counter that I see […]

I take issue with Rich Oppel’s characterization of Representative Michael McCaul as a moderate.
Someone who voted for warrantless wiretapping is not moderate. Someone who racks up a lifetime rating of 89.5% (96% in 2005, and 83% in 2006) from the American Conservative Union is not a moderate. Someone who receives a 91% rating from Americans […]

In Sunday’s paper, Rich Oppel praised Congressman McCaul for seeking a diplomatic solution to the Iraqi crisis. Mr. McCaul’s timing and message show a Congressman conforming to American opinion and adopting a centrist position after the mid-term elections. If Mr. Oppel is pointing to Mr. McCaul as a leader, I would counter that I see […]

Mr. Oppel suggests in his editorial that Michael McCaul “is of a more moderate mold.”
I respectfully beg to differ; the Washington Post’s “Key Votes” database lists 24 votes. Representative McCaul voted with the Republican caucus on all but three, and on the flag burning amendment, he did not vote.
He voted to give “federal courts jurisdiction […]

So Rep. Michael McCaul sat on the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group. Wonder why? As an ardent ‘yes’ man for the GOP I don’t see how this makes him a moderate or, as Mr. Oppel has miraculously categorized him, a diplomat.
In these very pages, this ‘diplomat’ wrote, “…Iran today is the global epicenter of terrorism and […]