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Flip-Flop 2

John McCain:

Yesterday, on ABC News, he basically stated that it would be fine with him if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and thereby erased the 33-year-old federal right to an abortion. McCain said: “I do believe that it’s very likely or possible that the Supreme Court should — could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support….I do believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade return to the states. And I don’t believe the Supreme Court should be legislating in the way that they did on Roe v. Wade.”

Oh really? Here’s what McCain told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1999: “Certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to (undergo) illegal and dangerous operations.” He then reiterated this argument on CNN: “We all know, and it’s obvious, that if we repeal Roe v. Wade tomorrow, thousands of young American women would be performing illegal and dangerous operations.”

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2 comments

  1. Opie

    November 21, 2006 at 7:00 pm

    I say we start a website chronicling the flip-floppers on abortion.

     
  2. Frank

    November 26, 2006 at 7:08 pm

    It is one thing to learn from experience and therefore change your mind. It is quite another to sell out.

    Which is McCain doing? (Hint: It’s not learning from experience.)

     
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