John Kerry has received undue praise for taking the week off from the campaign to honor Ronald Reagan. So, what's Kerry doing with his time off? Apparently not actually working as a Senator as he missed 3 more votes yesterday, including a resolution, ironically enough, to honor Reagan.

Viking Pundit updates his Kerry Vote Watch and shows that Hanoi John has worked a grand total of 3 days this session and voted 13% of the time.

Bush's lastest ad proclaims that "pessimism never created a job". That's true, but it's also worth noting that elected officials who don't actually work probably won't create many new jobs either. I wonder when the Bush/Cheney campaign is going to make an issue of Kerry's continued absences? The Kerry campaign hasn't hesitated to make similar charges against Bush. Remember back in February:

Kerry, who has a commanding lead in the race to oppose Bush this fall, chided the president for taking time out Sunday to attend the Daytona 500, saying the country was bleeding jobs while he posed for a "photo opportunity." Bush had donned a racing jacket to officially open NASCAR's most prestigious event in front of some 180,000 fans.

"We don't need a president who just says, `Gentlemen start your engines,'" Kerry said. "We need a president who says, `America, let's start our economy and put people back to work.'"