Evidently he is attempting to miss the most Senate votes in a row. Quietly he has built a big streak of nonvoting, and only now has the press noticed. I’m not going to cheer for Barry Bonds when he breaks the home run record, and I’m not even following his progress, but I might pay attention to this remarkable streak by John McCain.

Sen. John McCain (R-Campaign Trail) missed another vote today on a resolution related to the Iraq war, skipping a procedural move on a war funding measure in favor of hitting the campaign trail in New York.

In fact, McCain’s missed vote today marked his fifth straight week without casting a vote on the Senate floor, with this morning’s vote marking the 42nd straight roll call that he has missed.

Since the first-quarter fundraising period for presidential candidates ended March 31, McCain has made just three floor votes. He hasn’t cast a single vote since the full details of his wildly disappointing presidential campaign’s fundraising report were revealed in mid-April.

If McCain misses the next three votes — the $2.9 trillion fiscal 2008 budget is likely to be voted on this afternoon — he will officially have been absent for 50 percent of the more than 170 roll calls held in the chamber so far in the 110th Congress.

Go McCain! You can do it!