Marco Rubio’s sugar problem

Published April 13, 2015 6:48pm ET



Marco Rubio has amassed an excellent voting record in the U.S. Senate, from a conservative, libertarian perspective. But on June 13, 2012, Rubio cast a very odd vote: he voted to save the indefensible federal sugar program.

To put it in perspective, this put Rubio on the other side from Sens. Pat Toomey, Tom Coburn, Jon Kyl, Jim DeMint, Mike Lee and Rand Paul.

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