According to a
Reuters story, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain would make say-on-pay shareholder votes mandatory if elected:
"Americans are right to be offended when the extravagant salaries
and severance deals of CEOs ... bear no relation to the success of the
company or the wishes of shareholders," he says, adding that some
of those chief executives helped bring on the country's housing crisis
and market troubles.
"If I am elected president, I intend to see that wrongdoing of this
kind is called to account by federal prosecutors. And under my reforms,
all aspects of a CEO's pay, including any severance arrangements, must
be approved by shareholders," he says.