Where does John McCain stand on technology issues?  With over
two decades in the Senate, John McCain of Arizona has developed
quite the resume with respect to technology legislation.
BetaNews' Ed Oswald takes a look at where McCain stands on some
of the most high-profile issues.  Perhaps simply because he is
72 years of age, Sen. John McCain is often the brunt of jokes
that presume he knows little or nothing about modern technology,
consumer electronics, or the Internet. Yet McCain's record tells
a different story.  As a 22-year veteran of the US Senate,
including six years spent as chairman of the Commerce Committee
and having also chaired its Science Subcommittee, the senior
senator from Arizona has taken leading positions on a multitude
of technology-related issues. Legislation authored or sponsored
by McCain has had significant impact on this country's citizens,
and among the most important of the technology causes he
championed has been the digital television transition.  An
architect of the DTV transiti