Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 4:27 PM Pacific

Just a thought

All of John McCain's attack ads have had major factual problems. He's falsely claimed that Obama is responsible for high gas prices, he's falsely claimed that Landstuhl had something to do with cameras, and he's falsely claimed that Obama opposes nuclear power. And those are just off the top of my head.

On policy issues, he hedged his bets on the surge back in 2007. He's nearly impossible to pin on key issues ranging from affirmative action to cap-and-trade to gay adoption to whether or not he supports a timetable for ending the war in Iraq. Even on local issues he's all over the map: he flip-flopped on burying nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but now he's flipped back to supporting it. And that was just in the course of one month.

Steve Benen has compiled a tremendous list (edit: I fixed the broken link) of flip-flops by McCain. Some of these flip-flops might be evolving positions based on new realities, but far too many of them are purely political.

So here's the thing: John McCain really isn't that honest a guy after all, is he?

Just a thought

All of John McCain's attack ads have had major factual problems. He's falsely claimed that Obama is responsible for high gas prices, he's falsely claimed that Landstuhl had something to do with cameras, and he's falsely claimed that Obama opposes nuclear power. And those are just off the top of my head.

On policy issues, he hedged his bets on the surge back in 2007. He's nearly impossible to pin on key issues ranging from affirmative action to cap-and-trade to gay adoption to whether or not he supports a timetable for ending the war in Iraq. Even on local issues he's all over the map: he flip-flopped on burying nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, but now he's flipped back to supporting it. And that was just in the course of one month.

Steve Benen has compiled a tremendous list (edit: I fixed the broken link) of flip-flops by McCain. Some of these flip-flops might be evolving positions based on new realities, but far too many of them are purely political.

So here's the thing: John McCain really isn't that honest a guy after all, is he?

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