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Part of the [[Moderate Republican]] wing of the GOP, Aiken was liberal on a number of issues and, along with his more conservative colleague Ralph Flanders, voted for the censure of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref name=wapo/><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1954/12/02/Censured-McCarthy-plans-new-investigation/4424680116219/ Censured McCarthy plans new investigation]. ''UPI''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> who had exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government. He supported rural electrification programs and price supports to aid farmers.<ref name=wapo/>
Part of the [[Moderate Republican]] wing of the GOP, Aiken was liberal on a number of issues and, along with his more conservative colleague Ralph Flanders, voted for the censure of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref name=wapo/><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1954/12/02/Censured-McCarthy-plans-new-investigation/4424680116219/ Censured McCarthy plans new investigation]. ''UPI''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> who had exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government. He supported rural electrification programs and price supports to aid farmers.<ref name=wapo/>
Aiken opposed U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], saying in 1966:<ref name=wapo/>
{{cquote|The United States should declare victory and get out.}}
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