Vote Against MLK, Jr. Holiday?

My day was going so well. First of all, it's Friday. Second, I'm hitting happy hour up with my brother from another mother. Finally, I came across a NY-Times article that literally shocked me. I usually read the paper in the morning with a cup of coffee or tea, but throughout the day I check for updates and browse through their blogs. On the website was the headline, "John McCain regrets voting against MLK holiday!" Wow! How can you vote against that. For everything he stood for, why vote against it? I really see McCain in a different light now. I really hope whoever is the Democratic candidate whips his "tail" (yea i'm trying not curse anymore...Orbit gums cleans a dirty mouth...see the pun? lol). I read the article and couldn't close my mouth (PAUSE...it's a NY thing...gotta protect myself for fraudulent comments...lol...you'll only understand if you're a guy or if your from the city). What was he thinking when they voted for that. Some of the thoughts going through my mind right now are: (1) man, I lost all respect for this guy, (2) I expected more from him (maybe my expectations shouldn't have been so high), (3) is he a racist (probably behind closed doors, but not to the public, since he regretted more like apologized for not voting for the holiday), and (4) how does he REALLY feel about civil rights? It's been 40 years since the assasination of Bro. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This doesn't just my feelings because MLK is a member of the illustrious fraternity of which I am apart of, but rather because of everything he stood for, and to have a man who's running to become our next president (right behind G.W. Bush) and not want to accept MLK, Jr. as a national holiday!!!!! In my NYC, sometimes needed slang, "He's WHILING!!" He should lose any, if not all, the African-American vote, and the Latino-Americans should join as well. For a man who stood and fought for so much change to come to this world (US for starters, but he had the entire humankind in mind) how could you not give him his just deserves of a national holiday, so that no one can forget what happened but just 35+ years ago. That's a shame (shakes head in disgust). I really don't care if he regrets his decision. He has to live with it, and him regretting that now, shows that he is less of a man not holding to his decision that he made. He's kissing a lot of gluteus-maximus right now...lol...I wonder if this lit a light bulb in anyone else's mind?