The FCC has begun the process of making 'net neutrality a requirement for Internet providers, something I agree with wholeheartedly. You would think that preserving the established, expected rights of consumers (read: voters and taxpayers) would be something your average elected official would be all over... which means John McCain is something other than average. As soon as the FCC started the gears turning, he's attempting to bring the process to a halt, introducing a bill to prevent the FCC from pursuing the issue (link). My favorite part... he has the gall to call this bill the Internet Freedom Act (that's freedom for the Internet providers, not you, citizen).
Oh well, I can at least find a little glimmer of hope... the various reactions to this act detailed in the article I linked to fall mostly where you would expect (rights groups and Democrats against, corporate executives and "free-market think tanks" against), but there's one Republican senator listed on the consumer-rights side. It's not much, but if one senator can see past the campaign contributions to take the side of the end user, maybe enough will to shut this stupidity down.
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