McCain flips on Roe v. Wade, touts his "record of being a conservative Republican"

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McCain Flip-Flops, Supports Immediate Reversal of Roe v. Wade

Kerry: Botched joke won't affect 2008

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry insisted on Sunday his "botched joke" about President Bush's Iraq policy would not undermine a possible White House campaign in 2008.

"Not in the least," Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, said when asked if the furor over his comment had caused him to reconsider a 2008 race. "The parlor game of who's up, who's down, today or tomorrow, if I listened to that stuff, I would never have won the nomination."

One of the GOP politicians mentioned in a crowded field for the White House, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, said he would not make a decision until September — a relatively late date in the campaign cycle — to focus in the private sector on trade policies.

The Georgia Republican said Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, both of whom have set up presidential exploratory committees, were the likely front-runners. But Gingrich said voters are yearning for a clearer conservative voice.

"I think Mitt Romney has an opportunity to fill that," Gingrich said, referring to the outgoing Massachusetts governor.

McCain said Giuliani was an "American hero" for his leadership in New York following the Sept. 11 attacks. But McCain called himself the best presidential candidate based on a "record of being a conservative Republican, of knowledge on national security and defense issues."

"My advocacy for less government is the best government," said McCain, 70. "I'm older than dirt and I have more scars than Frankenstein, but I've learned a few things on the way."

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McCain's American hero.

[jefferson_dem]

1. So much for the much ballyhood "straight talk express" for McCain

McCain's interview with Steph this morning was painful to watch. He's been transformed into one big flip-flopping waffler. Abortion, Iraq, tax cuts... flippity floppity...

[rocktivity]

2. Go, Johnny, go, go!

You've flip-flopped on abortion? Cool! You're doing a better job of marginalizing YOURSELF before 2008 than we could have hoped to! RAH RAH RAH!


rocknation

[bluestateguy]

3. He was always anti-abortion

That has always been his position. He just doesn't tak about it much.

[Elidor]

4. From the link above

McCain in 1999:

I’d love to see a point where it is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary. But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to illegal and dangerous operations.

[benddem]

5. at least

Willard Romney is the only one of the repug candidates who isn't a serial adulterer or womanizer. Too bad (not for me) he is a mormon. The fundies will never accept him.
And McCain has always been anti-choice.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. Me want win primary! LOL

[Grebrook]

7. Everyone pray for Gingrich to win the GOP nomination - IN FACT, HELP HIM! Vote in the GOP primary

I know I am. I'm voting for Gingrich or the next biggest lunatic that I think can win the GOP nomination and ensure a Democratic landslide in 2008.