 McCain was also upset that the Bush administration hired few if any of his aides for White House positions; an unofficial Bush policy blocked McCain staffers from thousands of administration jobs.McCain began 2001 by taking positions opposite that of the new administration on a number of matters.In January 2001 the latest iteration of McCain-Feingold was introduced into the Senate; it was opposed by Bush and most of the Republican establishment, but helped by the 2000 election results, it passed the Senate in one form until procedural obstacles delayed it again.