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Part of the [[progressive]]<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''fascinatingpolitics.com''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>/[[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. According to an analysis on his voting record up until 1950, he was considerably liberal.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/01/06/ideology-and-civil-rights-1950-edition/ Ideology and Civil Rights, 1950 Edition]. ''fascinatingpolitics.com''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> Aiken also backed rural electrification programs, price supports to aid farmers,<ref name=wapo/> and was the chief architect of the 1965 food stamp program.<ref>Krebs, Albin (November 20, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/20/obituaries/george-aiken-longtime-senator-and-gop-maverick-dies-at-92.html GEORGE AIKEN, LONGTIME SENATOR AND G.O.P. MAVERICK, DIES AT 92]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

Part of the [[progressive]]<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/05/23/the-bizarre-political-transformation-of-vermont/ The Bizarre Political Transformation of Vermont]. ''fascinatingpolitics.com''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>/[[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. According to an analysis on his voting record up until 1950, he was considerably liberal.<ref>[https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/01/06/ideology-and-civil-rights-1950-edition/ Ideology and Civil Rights, 1950 Edition]. ''fascinatingpolitics.com''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> Aiken also backed rural electrification programs, price supports to aid farmers,<ref name=wapo/> and was the chief architect of the 1965 food stamp program.<ref>Krebs, Albin (November 20, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/20/obituaries/george-aiken-longtime-senator-and-gop-maverick-dies-at-92.html GEORGE AIKEN, LONGTIME SENATOR AND G.O.P. MAVERICK, DIES AT 92]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

Aiken opposed U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], saying in 1966:<ref name=wapo/><ref>Bushnell, Mark (August 16, 2020). [https://vtdigger.org/2020/08/16/then-again-the-real-story-of-george-aikens-oft-quoted-advice-on-vietnam/ Then Again: The real story of George Aiken’s oft-quoted advice on Vietnam]. ''VTDigger''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

Aiken opposed U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], saying in 1966:<ref name=wapo/><ref>Bushnell, Mark (August 16, 2020). [https://vtdigger.org/2020/08/16/then-again-the-real-story-of-george-aikens-oft-quoted-advice-on-vietnam/ Then Again: The real story of George Aiken’s oft-quoted advice on Vietnam]. ''VTDigger''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|The United States should declare victory and get out.}}

{{cquote|The United States should declare victory and get out.}}