Lincoln Chafee
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Chafee, one of the GOP's most liberal senators, also cited his own record of disagreement with his party, including his vote against authorizing war in Iraq and his dislike of President Bush.

"I didn't vote for him. Rhode Island didn't vote for him," Chafee said Thursday. "This is a race between Lincoln Chafee and Sheldon Whitehouse."

Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 9:26 p.m. EDT
Lincoln Chafee: 'I Didn't Vote for Bush'
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/26/212843.shtml?s=ic

Lincoln Chafee, a former U.S. senator from Rhode Island, and James Leach, a former U.S. representative from Iowa, are joined by Rita Hauser, a leading fundraiser for President Bush, in a group they call Republicans for Obama.

Chafee, who left the GOP and became an independent after he lost his re-election bid in 2006, backed McCain on a number of issues while he was in the Senate. But, he said, it’s now “a different John McCain,” citing the candidate’s flip-flop from previous stances on supporting offshore drilling and the Bush tax cuts.

“Seeing the two different John McCains is a fracture in his credibility,” Chafee told The Journal.

Leach, Chafee Cross Party Lines, Back Obama
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:43 AM By: Jim Meyers
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/lee_chafee_obama/2008/08/13/121616.html