McCain, Top Dems Back Immigration Despite Wary Public
BY SEAN HIGGINS
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
Posted 5/16/2008
John McCain made his stance on immigration pretty clear last year.
"I think the (border) fence is least effective," the Arizona senator told Vanity Fair. "But I'll build the goddamned fence if they want it."
In one gasp, McCain managed to sum up his own contradictory record on immigration and the frustration it inspires among many Republicans.
So the issue will likely dog McCain's presidential bid.
Democrats aren't crowing much, though. It's a hot potato for them too.
"I don't think there is going to be much debate about immigration in the presidential campaign," said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a pro-reform business coalition group.
"When they can avoid it, they will. And when they cannot, they'll straddle," Jacoby said. "Any tilting to one side will just get you in trouble with the other side."
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