FLIP FLOPS ANYONE?

• TV preacher Jerry Falwell was “an agent of intolerance” in 2002, when he said America “deserved” the attacks on 9/11. Now, he’s cool, and McCain has even hired Falwell’s debate coach.
• McCain used to oppose Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.
• In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.
• McCain supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. In June, he abandoned his own legislation.
• McCain used to think that Grover Norquist was a crook and a corrupt shill for dictators. Then McCain got serious about running for president and began to reconcile with Norquist.
• McCain took a firm line in opposition to torture, and then caved in.
• McCain gave up on his signature policy issue, campaign-finance reform, and won’t support the very legislation he sponsored just a couple of years ago.
• McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.
• McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.
• McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.
• McCain is both for and against overturning Roe v. Wade.