Friday, September 12, 2008

McCain Issues A Challenge: ‘Nobody Can Name’ An Issue I Have Flip-Flopped On


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See our full document here. Steve Benen has compiled another flip-flop list here.


On ABC’s The View today, host Joy Behar complained to John McCain that “you used to be more of the Maverick, then you sort of turned.” “In what way?” McCain asked. “You became much more lockstep, I think, with your party, with George Bush’s policies,” Behar answered, adding, “I don’t see the old John McCain. … I understand why — you want to get elected.” McCain issued this challenge in his defense:

I’ve been through this litany before, where I say, “ok, what specific area have I quote changed?” Nobody can name it. … I am the same person and I have the same principles.

McCain argued that on issues — “whether it be spending, whether it be climate change, whether it be the conduct of the war in Iraq, whether it be torture of prisoners” — he is “the same guy.” Watch it:






1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If McCain hasn't changed and has the same principles, then let's ask him about two items from back in the old days:

1) where does he stand on family values and where does ex-wife Carol fit in?

2) how's Charles Keating doing these days and how is he different in terms of his dealings with lobbyists who operate under the radar, sometimes illegally?

That's just a start.