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Generally speaking, McCain's "flip flops" are more likely attributable to changes of emphasis and nuance, as opposed to complete reversals of opinion.
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What about campaign fiance reform that wasn't a complete reversal?
. Taxes. John McCain was one of two Republican senators to vote against
President Bush's tax cuts of 2001, saying that he could not support cuts that benefited the rich rather than the middle class. He now favors making the tax cuts permanent.
2. The religious right. During the 2000 presidential campaign, he attacked
Jerry Falwell and
Pat Robertson as "agents of intolerance." He withdrew that remark in a 2006 interview on
NBC's "Meet the Press," saying that the Christian right has a "major role to play in the Republican Party."
3. Immigration. Last year, he sponsored a bill that would combine a temporary-worker program and a path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants while also increasing border security. He now emphasizes securing the borders first.
4. Roe v. Wade. In August 1999, he told the
San Francisco Chronicle that he would "not support repeal of Roe v. Wade" because it would force women to have illegal abortions. He has subsequently said that he was speaking about the need to change the "culture of America" and that he supports the repeal of Roe, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
5. Ethanol. In 2003, he said that ethanol "does nothing to reduce fuel consumption, nothing to increase our energy independence, nothing to improve air quality." Campaigning in
Iowa in August 2006, he described ethanol as a "vital alternative energy source, not only because of our dependency on foreign oil, but its greenhouse-reduction effects."
So what's the difference
