After the Senate recently Click here to get the 60 votes necessary to force an up-or-down vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Senator John McCain said that widespread gender-based pay inequity isn't due to discrimination. In his view, women just need more "Click here to close the wage gap.

We think women need equal rights under the law.

Lilly Ledbetter worked 19 years at Goodyear before she learned the men at her level were earning far more. Eventually she sued, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court where five male justices ruled her claim invalid because she filed it Click here after the date when the discrimination first started. Now, Senator McCain wants to stop legislation to correct this injustice -- and in the process, roll back 50 years of women's rights.

Lilly Ledbetter and women across the country are not only Click here when they have the same education and same training, but also for doing the exact same job as men. The only difference between men and women in the workplace is women bring home less money to take care of their families.

Senator McCain should know better. Tell him to take back his sexist statement and stop blocking an up or down vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

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