How often do you find an issue so cut and dried that the very worst from party A ranks better than the very best from party B? Unless you count the vote for majority leader, never. Yet when the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America tallied a grade based on more than three hundred Congressional votes over five years, that is exactly what happened. Guess which party came out ahead.
***Update***
Okay, that was just the Senate. As with all other things the House comes out a bit murkier, but the trend more than holds up overall.
As for the inevitable criticisms, bring them to my attention and I will air ’em.