I would love to get this massive McCain "flip-flop" (hate that term) out there but am afraid traditional media is asleep at the switch...
This one may make you dizzy if you think about it hard. Sen. McCain, in the course of misstating Clinton and Obama's health care plans, made fun of government airport security, saying "the next time you think the government should take over the health-care system of America, go to our airport and go through security."
Who was the commie who proposed that the government take over airport security in the first place? Why, none other than Sen. John McCain. Back in 2001, he said "the safety and security of our airports and airliners is a government responsibility," and "rolled his eyes" at those who opposed federalizing airport security. He assured a mother who lost a son on 9/11 that he would make sure "all airports in America [with 5 exceptions] will have a federal security force." When he got off the phone with the bereaved mother, McCain explained that "the important thing...is federalization."
McCain's campaign website contains a National Review article noting that "after 9/11, McCain shepherded a bill to federalize airport security through the Senate. That's not an issue that's going to come up again." One wouldn't have thought so–except that Sen. McCain, the bill's sponsor and champion, is now re-opening the issue and questioning his own decision.
In 2001, McCain thought airport security was a government responsibility and assured a bereaved mother that he would make this a reality. In 2008. McCain thinks federalization of airport security is a punch line.
Someone needs to ask McCain if he believes his decision to sponsor a bill to federalize airport security a mistake. There are more questions to ask, but I can't articulate them at the moment as I'm experiencing mild vertigo having tried to make sense of McCain's flip-flop on this issue.
also posted at http://www.theseminal.com/...