Top Ten Flip-Flops From John McCain

Now that the conservative media is barfing their claims of issue reversals - or "flip-flops" - from Senator Obama, I find it an appropriate time to offer comparative perspective by sharing a few examples of flip-flopping from Senator John McCain.

While I had nearly fifty solid choices to choose from, I narrowed down them down to offer my top ten most glaring;

1. Immigration
2. Abortion
3. Gay Marriage (legal Civil Unions)
4. Military action ("nation building") against rogue states
5. Negotiating with Kim Jong Il and Fidel Catsro
6. Negotiating with terrorists (acceptable with Colin Powell in 2002 meetings with Syria)
7. Estate tax
8. Privatizing Social Security
9. Offshore drilling
10. Recognition of Confederate Flag

The simple fact is that politicians from both parties change their minds on plenty of issues with significant frequency.

The sad thing about these cognitive reversals is that, as much as we'd like to believe these changes of heart are predicated on some higher level of intellectual realization, common reasoning tells us it's all just a run-on game of pandering to focus group polls.