How often did Obama vote with Bush?

Obama's attack ads trumpet that McCain voted with Bush like 90% of the time (or more.)

Well Mr. High and Mighty voted with 41% of the time and with his party 96%. So much for being a force for change.

41% of the time Obama voted with Bush.

McCain bucked his party 19% of the time (nine senators bucked their party more) while Obama bucked his party only 4% of the time. That is, McCain was more than four times more likely to stand up to his party (and their political pressure) than Obama.

Also note that Obama didn't vote 228 of the 568 times (40.1%) he could have voted for during his total time in the senate.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/cq-assets/cqmu... (party/Bush unity)

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category... (missed votes)