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About this immigration video: Watch the Barack Obama Slams John...
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Watch the Barack Obama Slams John Mccain S Immigration Flip Flop video, Barack Obama who has been taking heat over the past couple of weeks for a series of flip flops uses the friendly forum before Latino officials to go after McCain for a shift of his own The Democratic nominee recalled that both had backed an immigration bill that included a pathway to citizenship He was a champion of comprehensive reform and I admired him for it Obama said But what he didn t mention is that when he was running for his party s nomination he walked away from that commitment After receiving a round of applause Obama reached into his campaign oppo file and noted that McCain said he wouldn t even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote John McCain s incoherence on immigration policy has quickly gone from problematic to humiliating The poor guy has spun himself into a box he can t seem to get out of Just Thursday in a relatively high profile speech in California McCain went back to the position he d given up to win the Republican nomination McCain boasted about having worked with Ted Kennedy and said W e must enact comprehensive immigration reform We must make it a top agenda item McCain went on to take an anti deportation position on immigrants already in the U S who entered the country illegally saying they are also God s children and we have to do it in a human and compassionate fashion Soon after far right activists were apoplectic especially given McCain s repeated assurances during the primaries that he d given on a comprehensive approach to immigration reform So the day after his speech McCain reversed course yet again McCain s campaign however quickly pandered to the right wing The National Review s Jim Geraghty reports that the campaign said McCain s statement on the priority of immigration reform was poorly worded Team McCain tells me the senator s comments were poorly worded There s been no discussion within the campaign of altering their stance on illegal immigration and as far as everyone on the campaign is concerned the policy is still secure the border first This doesn t make a lick of sense On Thursday McCain was talking to a group of business leaders who liked McCain s original approach to comprehensive legislation and the senator sought input on how best to rally support for his own bill which he now says he d vote against On Friday McCain told opponents of his immigration bill that he didn t mean any of what he d just said This is more than just a shameless flip flop it s quickly becoming a character flaw He ll shovel whichever nonsense he has to say to please which ever audience happens to be in front of him at the time On the January 31 edition of CNN s American Morning congressional correspondent Dana Bash asserted that Sen John McCain R AZ made a concession to conservatives on the issue of illegal immigration during CNN s January 30 Republican presidential debate when McCain said he would not in Bash s words vote for his own legislation allowing citizenship for undocumented immigrants if it came to a vote on the Senate floor But Bash failed to note that just days earlier McCain had said he would sign that very legislation into law if he were elected president From Bash s report on the January 31 edition of CNN s American Morning BASH But on one huge McCain weak spot with conservatives illegal immigration a concession When asked if he would vote for his own legislation allowing citizenship McCAIN No I would not because we know what the situation is today The people want the borders secured first BASH And more than once a stern reminder from former Arkansas Gov Mike Huckabee it s not a two man race McCain s assertion that he would not vote for his own comprehensive immigration bill came during the January 30 CNN debate when he was asked by Los Angeles Times staff writer Janet Hook At this point if your original proposal came to a vote on the Senate floor would you vote for it As Bash noted McCain responded No I would not because we know what the situation is today The people want the borders secured first Yet on the January 27 edition of NBC s Meet the Press host Tim Russert asked McCain If the Senate passed your bill S 1433 the McCain Kennedy immigration bill would you as president sign it McCain responded Yeah but we look the lesson is it isn t won It isn t going to come
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