Are You Serious?

So Sen. Obama seems to not be all idealism and lofty rhetoric. His decision to decline to use public funding in the general election after saying that he would " aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election". He put out a soundbite response as to why he changed his mind on his website. His reason didn't pass the smell test. Saying that the current finance rule was easily manipulated. No the real reason is, he had no idea that he would raise more money than OPEC during the primary campaign. It is not guaranteed that Obama will raise as much money in the general election as in the primaries but I wouldn't bet against it. So now John McCain is saying straight forwardly that you can't trust Barack Obama because he changed his mind on accepting public financing.  The same John McCain that was for opting out of public financing is now for it and on and on..  From tax cuts for the wealthy to off shore drilling  And this from the website, "The Carpetbagger Report" In 1999, McCain was in New Hampshire, campaigning for the GOP nomination as a moderate he said he was pro life but would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, saying "it would force women in America to (undergo) illegal and dangerous operations."  But a year and a half ago, now running as a conservative he told  ABC's George Stephanopoulos  "the Supreme Court should--could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would then return these decisions to the states, which I support...Just as I believe that the issue of gay marriage should be decided by the states, so I do believe that we would be better off by having Roe v. Wade returned to the states"  I heard a great quote the other day that "John McCain is both sides of the same coin that doesn't add up to much change".   I thought it was clever anyway.  You can read more of McCain's flip flop list here. The list of McCain's flip-flops, according to MSNBC, is 3 pages long.  To be fair, he has been in political office for a long time.  But most of these "flips" are recent.  In quest of the presidency. At worst it a kind of a put your finger to the wind of political expediency, whatever it takes to get the vote.  Or at best its a man that has no judgement or direction.  Politicians should be able to evolve on certain issues but this seems like a trend for the Senator.   Is the John McCain that was unbelievably disciplined and principled as a prisoner of war under the most unimaginable torture going to sell his soul for the office of president?   Even George W. Bush's record is stubborn, stupid but somewhat consistent.  He's not going to surprise you.   Does John McCain really believe that given the evidence, he can't questioned anyone's integrity on the issues?  Stick to the issues...At least on side or the other.