It appears that Sen. John McCain has been doing some flip flopping on the issues of gays in the military. Washington Post:
Three years ago, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was pretty clear about his stand on the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.....
...."The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it," McCain said in October 2006 to an audience of Iowa State University students....
However, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, when McCain heard both Defense Sec. Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen state that it was time to repeal DADT ("don't ask, don't tell"), he nearly jumped out of his chair. According to the Washington Post:
....McCain declared himself "disappointed" in the testimony. "At this moment of immense hardship for our armed services, we should not be seeking to overturn the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy," he said bluntly, before describing it as "imperfect but effective."...
McCain's opposition to DADT appears to be his way of opposing anything and everything proposed by the Obama administration. Once again we see McCain and the Republicans denying equality to another group of Americans. How pathetic!
It is time for Republicans to get to work instead of delaying the tasks before us. Republicans are following the advice of Frank Luntz who has told them to delay and lie to stop legislation. While the GOP follows this strategy, people are removed from military service, families lose homes, men and women lose jobs, etc., etc. We are all suffering because of the roadblocks put up by Luntz and the GOP.
