BiPolar McCain

THEN
2001: "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans."

NOW
2007: "I will not let the Democrats roll back the Bush tax cuts."
2008: "I think that what we need is more tax cuts."

THEN
2006: Wrote McCain-Kennedy bill, which would have given 11 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

NOW
Jan. 2008: In GOP primary debate, was asked whether he would still vote for his own bill: "No, I would not."

THEN
March 2008: Told The Wall Street Journal, "I'm always for less regulation." Called for "removing regulatory, accounting and tax impediments" to financial markets.

NOW
Jan. 2008: In GOP primary debate, was asked whether he would still vote for his own bill: "No, I would not."

THEN
2000: Favored "normalization of relations" with Cuba.
2003: Called U.S. talks with Syria "appropriate."
2006: Approved of U.S. talking to the Palestinian Authority.

NOW
2008: Said Obama's willingness to meat with enemy regimes shows his "naiveté and inexperience and lack of judgement."

THEN
1997: Wrote legislation to ban lobbyists from political campaigns. Said lobbyist fundraisers "clearly represent a conflict of interest."

NOW
2008: Campaign relies on more than 170 lobbyists to raise money and serve as aides and advisers.

THEN
Sept. 16th, 2008: "I do not believe that the American taxpayer should be on the hook for AIG."

NOW
Next day: Backed bailout: "There were literally millions of people whose retirement, whose investments, whose insurance were at risk here."