what else is new. republicans call it correction of views, just another way to cover up his flip flops.

He is now apealing to the racist wing of the republican party, otherwise known as the republican party as a whole. Wait for hispanics McSame!!!

What else is new? Each day he reverses himself n another issue. This positions/policies are a moving target.

Republicans are desperate and will do and say anything to get elected. The last eight years has proved they will say whatever they want one day and then create phony pre-texts to wage war and jack up energy prices as a distraction for their flip-flopping. By the way, who let McSame wander out alone from the old-age home anyway? Trust no one over 46!

This flip flop is entirely calculated to promote a wedge issue and spark racial tensions for political gain. I did respect this man at one point but McCain really is scum.

How can anyone say that ending affirmative action is "racist"? Affirmative action is, by its very nature, racist. Ending it is not racist. Typical of leftists to get all turned around and upside down.

Good for McCain. I'm starting to feel better about him.

Thank goodness one of the candidates is finally smart on this issue. Affirmative action is reverse discrimination and shouldn't be allowed in this country. I highly doubt that a clause like that would get rid of recruitment programs that encourage women to go into engineering. That's something that should and in many places IS taken care of by the private sector - companies, professional associations, etc. - and that's the way it should be. Gender balance, racial balance...that's not something that the government should oversee. As far as the goverment contracts, can't you file claims on discrimination issues to begin with because it's already illegal to discriminate against women and minorities? If someone has a problem with their treatment, stand up for yourself...the government doesn't have to fight for you and hold your hand. This is one flip-flop I'm not going to argue with.

What a shame this is. This is very divisive stuff from John McCain. Mr McCain will rather divide the country racially and gender in order to win an election. BIG SHAME ON HIM

I have a question....

Why is Affirmative Action always associated with the blacks? It was put in place for women, the elderly, hispanics, the disabled and ANY other group that had to face a lot of crap.

But NOBODY wants to talk about that !!!!!

"Reverses" aka FLIP-FLOP. I knew this was coming soon. I knew McCain was a hypocrite when he attended the 40th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Assassination in Memphis TN.

In 1983, McCain voted against a motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill to designate the third Monday of every January as a federal holiday in honor of the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

McCain Consistently Voted Against The Civil Rights Act. In 1990, McCain voted against a bill designed to address employer discrimination at least 4 times. According to the Washington Post, the “Civil Rights Act of 1990 is designed to overturn several recent Supreme Court rulings that made it much more difficult for individual employees to prove discrimination.

McCain Repeatedly Voted Against Raising The Minimum Wage. In the senate, John McCain voted at least eight times against measure to increase the minimum wage.

McCain changes positions faster than most people change clothes, next he'll be against keeping out troops in Iraq longer than 16 months. Oh no he'll be for keeping the troops longer than 16 months. Or was that a Coors light he asked for, not a Bud Light.

For those of you saying Affirmative Action is reverse discrimination, you do realize that white women have benefited the most. Google it. You'll be surprised!

McCain's daily reversals are mind boggling to say the least. Even if a voter is in sympathy with one of McCain's revised positions, it would have to leave that voter questioning his sincerity. McCain's track record surpasses even Romney's blatant, self-serving repositioning on issues. Sorry to say, but McCain is calculating his success on a very negative impression about the voters of this country. His switches may recruit a few more supporters, but in the end the majority of the public will reject this strategy.

beth - lots of people say that ending affirmitive action is racist. In fact, I'm saying it right now. Because it's true.

Bobie K - wrong. Afirmitive action is meant to correct historic racial inequalities. It is race-based, yes, but not racist. That's an important distinction that many racist demagouges like to gloss over. It's a shame that McCain's campaign has gotten so desperate that he needs to pander to racists with this latest flip flop. It makes me wonder if this once-honorable man has any principles left. Very sad.

A position in favor of affirmative actions was perhaps appropriate 10 years ago. Today, affirmative action is no longer required. McCain may have updated his views, and I applaud him for that. Of course, the whiney liddle libs will call this "flip flopping" and clamp down on it once again in hopes of derailing the McCain Train. All I'll say about that is, "Get off the tacks...you got a big surprise comin' at you in November"

Definition of "Affirmative Action":
An attempt to prove that two wrongs DO make a right.

McCain flipflops again. Pathetic.

Young, white women are the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action.

Women, NOW do you see who represenet YOUR best interests? It isn't John McSame!

I am a lifelong Democrat, but I have always opposed Affirmative Action because, at its core, it is morally wrong. This referendum bans both preferential treatment AND discrimination. I used to be a knee-jerk liberal and then I grew up. Please explain with intelligent thought why one man with better qualifications should be denied a job to a man with lesser qualifications simply because the lesser man is black. THAT, is discrimination, plain and simple.