He endorsed a "rational tuition" bill, pending in both houses, that would allow the SUNY system to create a fair and predictable five-year tuition plan for in-state students, with a limit of no more than 5.5 percent per year.
McCain just about wrecked his presidential campaign standing up for a rational immigration bill, and it would seem only fair if some of the people who have been denouncing all the anti-immigrant pandering could reward him by jumping on his bandwagon.... Except that McCain's other big principle is staying the course in Iraq, if it takes the rest of the millennium.
And it should have been obvious what we had to do, when a substantial number of Republican Senators came out in favor of a sane and rational immigration bill.
These bills hamstring the rational operations of government, and frequently have citizens voting for competing bills and for services the state has no money to pay for.
Some TV channels supported that unconditionally without assessing whether the bill was a rational demand.
"The days when people see the U.S. mail as a safe and rational place to do our bills are numbered," said James Van Dyke, president of Javelin Strategy and Research, a consultancy based in Pleasanton, Calif.
They offered rational, reasoned, and bipartisan support for the bill because of its positive impacts on our planet, on our national security, and, most importantly, our economy.
This bill represents an important step toward rational and compassionate justice for troubled children.
The truth is, after all the declamation we have heard, that the constitution is itself in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS.
Ninety-nine percent of hospital bills are paid without what any rational individual would consider reasonable documentation of the hospital's charges".
