John McCain & Harry Reid

As President Bush tried to find his footing this year, these two Senators often proved to be more influential. McCain badgered Bush into backing his proposal to bar U.S. officials from torturing suspects abroad, while Reid, as Senate Democratic leader, kept his party unified in torpedoing the President's plan to create personal accounts for Social Security.

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