US Presidential Election Candidates

John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate has created for himself a dubious reputation for doublespeak. His 2008 Presidential campaign is littered with flip-flops. Here are some more, as the list continues:
 

• In 1983, McCain was against declaring a holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Later he supported it.
  
  
• McCain publicly opposed Republican strategist Grover Norquist. However, subsequently he changed his position towards him.
  
  
• In 2000, McCain spoke out against businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly, both major contributors to Bush's presidential campaign. He alleged that the brothers had violated campaign finance laws. However, recently he retracted and approached them for support.
  
  
• In 2000, McCain opposed Bush for campaigning at Bob Jones University saying his doing so amounted to his endorsing the school's racist policies. “If I were there, I would condemn openly the policies of Bob Jones because I would want to make sure that everybody knew that this kind of thing is not American,” he had said. However, subsequently he reversed his stance, and was open to considering a speaking invitation from the school.
  
  
• McCain also flip flopped, splendidly, on the issue of promotion by the state of the Confederate flag.
  
  
• In 2000, McCain rubbished the utility of ethanol and was publicly against granting any subsidies in its favor. Subsequently he acknowledged it as a "vital alternative energy source not only because of our dependency on foreign oil but its greenhouse gas reduction effects".