“We have not done enough. And I’m committed to making sure that there’s equal pay for equal work. That there is equal opportunity in every aspect of our society. And that is my record and you can count on it.” –John McCain, Town Hall meeting, Hudson, WI, July 11, 2008. John McCain claimed today that he is determined to ensure “equal pay for equal work.” But women’s groups were quick to point out that the presumptive Republican nominee has announced his opposition to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which seeks to do exactly that. The Arizona senator believes that the measure would “only serve to fatten the pockets of trial lawyers.” The Facts Lilly Ledbetter was a Goodyear Tire employee who sued the company in 1998 after finding out that she was earning 40 percent less than male co-workers employed to do similar jobs. A federal judge in

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