Over at Oxdown, Ari reports that, despite all the Republican’s crocodile tears about voting, John McCain’s so-called Clean Elections committee is stacked with Republicans who have been engaged in voter suppression. Yeah, the people who tried to prevent voters from voting are now going to make sure people get to vote. Huh???

The GOP has a different definition of clean elections than most of us. For them, it means stealing elections with no fingerprints. But, this time, they’re being watched — and busted:

Nearly a quarter of John McCain’s “Clean Election and Voter Fraud Committee,” chaired by Warren Rudman and John Danforth, have been involved in GOP voter suppression efforts and unfounded partisan claims of voter fraud. Of the 21 members of the committee, five have been engaging in these shady efforts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZmDHeEcnA] It’s no surprise that Republicans engage in voter fraud. Watch what happened last week when “Clean Election and Voter Fraud Committee,” member Tom Davis tells an audience of reporters at the National Press Club last week that Republicans don’t suppress votes. The reaction? They laughed! A lot!

It is laughable. Voter suppression is a hallmark of GOP election strategy.

Not this time.