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GOP Congressman and Morning Joe Crew Laugh at McCain's New Hard-Line Immigration Stance



MSNBC, 5\13\10



McCain vs. McCain: Immigration Reform



Chyron: McCain vs. McCain: Comprehensive Immigration Reform or Enforcement First? Chyron: Round 1 -- "Secure the Border First" -- 11:13 AM MCCAIN: "That we can and will secure our borders first while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States." [McCain Remarks Before NALEO, 6/28/08] Chyron: Round 2 -- Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Not Enforcement First -- 11:25 AM QUESTION: "As the next President of the United States of America, will comprehensive immigration reform and not just enforcement be one of your top policy priorities in your first 100 days in office?" MCCAIN: "It'll be my top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow." [McCain Remarks Before NALEO, 6/28/08] Chyron: Round 3 -- Border Security First -- 11:44 AM MCCAIN: "That is a compelling reason for us to move forward with our border security, and then address this issue in a humane and compassionate fashion." [McCain Remarks Before NALEO, 6/28/08] Chyron: January 2008: Would Vote Against His Own Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill QUESTION: "If your original proposal came to a vote in the Senate floor, would you vote for it?" MCCAIN: "It won't. It won't. That's why we went through the debate." QUESTION: "But what if it did?" MCCAIN: "No, I would not." [CNN Debate, 1/30/08]



Barack Obama slams John Mccain's immigration flip flop



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." www.politico.com 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 US 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 ...




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