re: Okay
I could try to keep this at your level, but I've found that this normally requires putting my head in a metal bucket and having someone hit the bucket with a ball-peen hammer for five minutes. I don't need the headache.
Read carefully:
McCain griping about a grizzly bear study does not make him "manifestly anti-science" any more than Proxmire's attacks did.
From Robert's post above:
If you actually read the list of Golden Fleece awards, the majority attacked government waste outside of science programs. Science programs are disproportionately represented as easy targets because their rationale is harder to explain, but it just doesn't wash to imply that Proxmire was motivated by an anti-science attitude.
If anyone seriously wants to know what McCain's science views are go look for yourself.