McCain Is ‘Glad’ To Have Championed Immigration Legislation That He Wouldn’t Support Today
McCain Is ‘Glad’ To Have Championed Immigration Legislation That He Wouldn’t Support Today
In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun released yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) praised himself for sponsoring the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation of 2006, which failed to pass the Senate last year due to conservative opposition:
I haven’t won on every issue. I didn’t win on immigration reform, but I’ll go back at it. And I’m glad I did it.
McCain’s praise for comprehensive reform is a reversal of rhetoric he used when speaking of his own legislation when seeking the GOP nomination. In fact, in a Jan. 30 GOP debate, McCain said he would not vote for his own bill today:
Q: At this point, if your original proposal came to a vote on the Senate floor, would you vote for it? [...]
McCAIN: No, I would not, because we know what the situation is today. The people want the borders secured first.
McCain maintains he has not changed his position on immigration reform, claiming his policy is still “secure the border first.” But in a scathing op-ed today, Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), whose district borders Mexico, notes that McCain once thought “securing the borders” was a secondary consideration to comprehensive reform:
On the floor of the United States Senate in September of 2006, Sen. McCain praised that the Senate had “rejected the argument for an ‘enforcement first’ strategy that focuses on border security only, an ineffective and ill-advised approach.” He went on to add that, “the only way to truly secure our border and protect our nation is through the enactment of comprehensive immigration reform.”
As Reyes noted, McCain can’t have it both ways. Being for “securing the borders first” and also being pro-comprehensive reform “are two very different approaches.” This weekend, McCain will address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials “and will have a chance to clarify which position he holds. It can be only one,” Reyes pressed.
Only in McCain’s world of regular immigration flip-flops is it possible to be “glad” to have championed legislation that he wouldn’t support today.
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Of course he’s glad to have championed a position that he wouldn’t support today.
That gives him the option of supporting whichever side of the issue suits his purpose at the time.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:40 pmCrack down on employers first.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:42 pmAny more flip flopping and McIIIrd will need to sprout fins.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:44 pmAnd, of course, do nothing about the Mexican government and their wealth, concentrated to benefit a few while the rest of the population suffers.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:44 pmMcWars, I know! I know! We could send some mercs to train their death squads!
June 27th, 2008 at 6:47 pm.
McFish = I was against my support AFTER I sponsored this bill but that was BEFORE I re-supported it… again.
NEVER stand downwind of a farting Maverick…
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June 27th, 2008 at 6:48 pmyes, because McBush knows that AQ operatives are now sneaking across the southern border, piggy back on Mexican “illegals” through scorching deserts, risking death and a brush with INS, instead of getting on a plane with a visa or crossing from Canada.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:49 pmAw crap! I’ve lost track. Is this a flip or a flop?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:08 pmHe’s makin’ me dizzy again…..
June 27th, 2008 at 7:11 pmBut when is the “librul media” going to start highlighting these daily, even hourly, flip flops?
Obama and everyone he knows or ever has known are under the microscope, but the media darlin’, McLame, still gets that free pass as “misspeaks”.
Wake up, reporters and start reporting!
PEACE
June 27th, 2008 at 7:11 pmMom,
June 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pmThe McMedia loves them some BBQ ribs…
Max, don’t forget the donuts on the bus…
June 27th, 2008 at 7:17 pmlol
McDoh-Nutz
June 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pmNo one flip-flops like McCain flip-flops. Daily, hourly, secondly. So why does the media give him a pass on this? Perhaps because the owners of media are totally right wing– not the “librul” media the right-wingers love to despise? Let’s be honest– if the media was really left-leaning, McCain’s lies & flip-flops would be big news every day. He truly is the poster boy of flip-flopping.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pmMcDizzy.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:20 pmZooey Says:
McDizzy.
Uhmmmm, can I have a McDizzy please. Hold the onions, mayo, good sense, consistency, spousal loyalty, piloting skills, and the ability to communicate. I’ll take that to go.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:25 pmMcWars Says:
And, of course, do nothing about the Mexican government and their wealth, concentrated to benefit a few while the rest of the population suffers.
It’s not the wealth of the Mexican government I’m worried about, but the protection they give to monopolistic companies which allow them to earn incredible amounts of money.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:26 pmFrom the other, goofier McCain:
My hunch? John McCain doesn’t want to be president. He only ran for the GOP nomination out of spite, so that he could prevent a conservative Republican from getting the nomination. He’s sticking his thumb in the eye of conservatives now for the same reason: Because he hates conservatives.
Yup, he hates them so much, he supports every other bit of the conservative agenda.
These gomers haven’t yet figured out that McCain is merely hedging his bets, if he loses the election. He’s still got to be re-elected to the Senate, and his state’s Latino voters won’t like it if he endorsed their attempts at stricter border control legislation.
These crunchy, one-issue cons just aren’t ready for prime time, as evidenced by this example of political naivete’.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pmStratRat Says:
Uhmmmm, can I have a McDizzy please. Hold the onions, mayo, good sense, consistency, spousal loyalty, piloting skills, and the ability to communicate. I’ll take that to go.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Would you like McFries with that? :-D
June 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pmThe Other McCain: “He’s sticking his thumb in the eye of conservatives now for the same reason: Because he hates conservatives.” And just when was the last time ANYONE “liked” conservatives? Rove, Bush, and the neocons just used them, had their way, then cast them aside like so many Tom DeLays.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:32 pmPlease, please, please Senator Cindy McLame…Keep Talking…Never shut up and never go away…you win the day for the other side just by living another day….
June 27th, 2008 at 7:32 pmThis is McCain’s “I voted for it, before I voted against it,” moment.
And that’s how it should be pushed in the media, by democrats.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm.
Mmmmmmm…
I’ll have a McFish, a super scoop of McLies, and super McDizzy to chase it down with.
Now, imagine those calories, carbs and trans-fats on the Nation’s Body.
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June 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pmMax-1 Says:
Mmmmmmm…
I’ll have a McFish, a super scoop of McLies, and super McDizzy to chase it down with.
Now, imagine those calories, carbs and trans-fats on the Nation’s Body.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Pretty disgusting when you imagine all that nastiness clinging to the bare skeleton being left by the Chimperor.
Drip, drip…
June 27th, 2008 at 8:06 pmJust a heads-up – if you can stand listening to the Glen Beck part, William Shatner is his guest tonight and blasts him with both barrels.
I haven’t seen the whole thing yet – a friend alerted me or I would have never known since GB is one of the last items on my viewing menu – but what I saw was excellent [on Shatner's part.]
I assume the same Glen Beck show will repeat tonight – 9 pm & 12 midnight eastern time on my DISHTV lineup.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:23 pmCheck out what this Iraq veteran has to say about Johnny McTeleprompter…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHLeOkiLnPc
Uh oh. Apparently Johnny isn’t fooling many!
June 27th, 2008 at 8:32 pmZooey, StratRat, Max et al, you’re going to need extra napkins and a shitload of Maalox.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:51 pmLuis M Says:
June 27th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I could have worded that better, Luis. Thanks for correcting me on the spot.
June 28th, 2008 at 8:50 amKira Says:
Just a heads-up – if you can stand listening to the Glen Beck part, William Shatner is his guest tonight and blasts him with both barrels.
I haven’t seen the whole thing yet – a friend alerted me or I would have never known since GB is one of the last items on my viewing menu – but what I saw was excellent [on Shatner’s part.]
I assume the same Glen Beck show will repeat tonight – 9 pm & 12 midnight eastern time on my DISHTV lineup.
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