Election Night HQ

Now, is this quite possibly the biggest flip flop ever? Or at least since John Kerry uttered the immortal words,” I voted for it before I voted against it?” Take a look courtesy of the AP, via shotpolitics:

While listening in on a conference call Senator McCain had with supporters last Saturday, I was struck when he said that one of his first acts if elected president would be to “secure the borders.” Either McCain realises he was wrong by taking his earlier position and sponsoring the McCain-Kennedy Bill, or he has finally realised how much damage his position has caused his campaign. It may be to late, however. I’m sure the Romney folks love this after the bitter feud between the two candidates earlier in the summer, but it may not matter because John McCain has sadly become increasingly irrelevent in this campaign cycle. Like most of the posters here, it saddens me to see him fall so far because all of us I do think respect the man a great deal. Before Fred decided that he may seek the nomination in March, I was clearly on the fence over who to support, or if I could support any of them. I really wasn’t sure. However, I thought that McCain was someone I thought highly
of and could vote for in the general election.

At the same time, maybe this isn’t so much of a flip as it is what he once said about immigration… that we need to get something done. Sadly, something is not anything and the McCain-Kennedy Bill was likely too much for the American people, and the last straw for the establishment GOP.