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Doubletake.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)
Kate O'Beirne tries to convince conservatives to take a "second look" at John McCain (November 5). But conservatives have already had quite a few looks at McCain: first when he was a Reaganite conservative, then when he abandoned those fiscal principles in the Keating Five scandal, then when he championed the Constitution-busting campaign-finance reform that still has the GOP on the financial ropes and chafes the pro-life movement, then when he fought every one of Bush's tax cuts and the abolition of the death tax, then when he fought the Senate leadership's effort to force through strict-constructionist judges.
The new McCain is sadly very much the old McCain--a populist, but no conservative.
But even the primary motivation she cites for opening up to McCain--his ability to win in the general election--doesn't fly. It is telling that the new look encouraged by Mrs. O'Beirne does not include another look at the McCain tax record--actually, not even one mention. Conservatives are once again rallying around the supply-side, low-tax, greater-liberty message that has always been ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Doubletake.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)