Flippity Floppity Flip Flop 0
Yesterday, I mentioned Dick Polman’s column about John McCain’s fluid positions.
Well, he’s reversed field again. Polman reports:
McCain preferred to stay on the campaign trail, which brings us to example number two: Seeking again to recalibrate his political convictions, and thus appeal to conservative primary voters, he said this yesterday in South Carolina: “I do not support Roe vs. Wade. It should be overturned.†An AP story dutifully reported the quote – without providing any of the context. Such as the fact that, in 1999, as he was mounting his first presidential bid, he said this: “Certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade.” Why not? Because without Roe, he said, “thousands of young American women would be performing illegal and dangerous operations.” Therefore, he said, Roe was “necessary.”
