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He doesn't mention God or his religion every 5 seconds? That seems to be a criteria to be right wing.
I would say that McCain 2000 was very moderate - and didn't get the party nomination. He upheld Roe v Wade, and I'm totally brainfarting on other issues where he was moderate. But he lost and needed to appeal to the Conservative and Religious side of the party to get the ticket and has changed sides on issues that used to make him a moderate. Now that Palin is on the ticket he is trying to go back to the Maverick/Moderate McCain since the thought is Palin will take care of the far right.
I think it is too little and too late.
DITTO! This is it right here. I've always even said to DH, "If we were going up against the John McCain of 2000, I wouldn't be as terrified of him winning as I am now..."
I think he realized if he was going to win the GOP nom, and have a shot at the GE, he had to move more to the right.
And so he has.
here's my totally cynical, partisan answer:
McCain used to be a moderate, even leftist force within the Republican party. He took on the religious right (like condemning Falwell's intolerance) and the neocons. He seemed committed to "straight talk" and all that entailed.
He was great.
Then, he ran for president in 2000. And he saw what happens to non-neocons in the contemporary Republican party... they can't get the nomination, so they can't become president.
Over the last years, he's been sliding over to the right. We saw it in things like his embrace (figuratively, not literally) of Falwell...
Now, part of me thinks (hopes) that he doesn't really believe any of it, that he's doing it to ingraciate himself with the Right so that he has a shot at the presidency... but it's getting harder and harder to believe so.
I am the 99%.
I used to think that if he won a presidential election, he would give double middle fingers to the GOP base and revert to old McCain, too. But now I'm convinced he's joined them for good.
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse