McCain betrays conservatives...again
A while back, I posted the reasons why I cannot and will not support John McCain for the GOP presidential nomination. One of the first reasons I mentioned was that he is "terrible on immigration" from a conservative's viewpoint, and this week's immigration "deal" with Democrats only proves my point.
And McCain's contempt for conservative objections to this deal became all the more obvious after his blast at fellow Republican John Cornyn, following the latter's attempt to improve the enforcement provisions of the immigration deal. McCain reportedly responded to Cornyn's concerns with:
"F*** you! I know what is going on here. I know more about immigration than anybody in this room!”
The fact that he's working with serial bloviator Ted Kennedy on the deal is bad enough...but attacking a member of your own party for trying to inject even a minimal level of sanity in the deal demonstrates an unfitness for office that even I didn't credit McCain with until now.
I continue to be astonished at the desire of some in the GOP, including the President, to self-immolate on immigration. Beyond the surface issue of big business supporting illegal immigration for cheap labor, I just don't see the upside of amnesty for the GOP, nor do I see even the remotest chance that passing this deal will help the GOP's fortunes in 2008, although it might help the "outsider" GOP presidential candidate, if such exists (Thompson anyone?).
In that sense, McCain is hardly the only GOP senator betraying conservatives, but he's certainly the most egregious.