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The Senate fell one vote shy of passing an economic stimulus package that contained modest clean energy incentives, thanks to the Republican with the greenest public sheen of all - John McCain.

A day after his fortunes advanced a big step further toward becoming the Republican presidential nominee, McCain was a no-show for the Senate vote that would have protected the strong growth of the clean energy sector from decline over the coming year. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were both there, and voted yes.