John McCain and his new sidekick have a record of condoning the practice of sexual assault victims having to pay for their rape exams. . .

While a victim ideally ought to have the right to opt to pay for a private exam, Palin and McCain's policies forced rape victims to be responsible for some of the costs of their own victimization, as opposed to the town/state covering it as part of law enforcement, or as opposed to making the rapist fully compensate the victim--

--a belief entirely consistent (though not equivalent) with the "good 'ol boy" attitude of a woman's rape being her own fault. Family values, McCain-Palin style!

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