National Journal reported that McCain "buck[ed] his party on immigration," but ignored his reversal

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200904060003?f=h_latest

Summary: National Journal repeatedly referred to how Sen. John McCain "buck his party on immigration" prior to 2008, but did not address McCain's flip-flop on immigration reform during the 2008 presidential campaign.

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1. One of the few things McCain did that I agree with and he had to disavow it.

I suppose everyone knew that he would have to do that if he won the nomination, since the repub base if so anti-immigrant, but it was disheartening (if not surprising) anyway.

For many (including many on the left), immigrants are only valued when viewed from a historical distance. Most of us value our diversity as a nation, which is based on our history of immigration from different parts of the world, but immigrants seem to be rarely welcomed or valued in real-time.