Council resolutions about non-city topics are mostly crap, and the council really doesn't have the resources to be investigating the merits of matters outside their purview. Soemtimes, it seems they can barely handle investigating matters within their purview. And the flag burning resolution is a piece of idocy--luckily such crap won't come to the floor as long as the Democrats control Congress, and nominating McMahon is probably a good way to help ensure that continued control. The DCCC seems to agree.

But, let's get the timeline straight on McMahon's orginal vote on the war resolution., since the vote is only relvant to be held against him if his opponent took a different position at the time.

The evidence indicates this was not the case. There is no public record of any anti-war statement by Harrison from that time. At the time, he was openly supporting pro-war Congressman Vito Fossella's re-election. On the very day Congress voted for the war resolution, Harrison was so outraged at the Republicans that he wrote a $250 check to the Republican-Conservative candidate for State comptroller, John Faso. Shortly thereafter, he wrote another in a series of check to pro-war, anti-flag burning, anti-abortion, pro-school prayer State Senate candidate Marty Golden, against a Democratic incumbent.

So it appears that Harrison too was a Johnny-come-lately to the anti-war cause.