McCain Hypocrite?

Last week John McCain was calling for Barack Obama to stick to his pledge to use public financing in the general election.

McCain Calls for Obama to Use Public Financing (February 15, 2008)

“It was very clear to me that Senator Obama had agreed to having public financing of the general election campaign if I did the same thing,” he said after a town hall meeting here.



“I made the commitment to the American people that if I was the nominee of my party, I would go the route of public financing. I expect Senator Obama to keep his word to the American people as well.”



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15cnd-campaign.html?hp



That was last week…



McCain didn’t just make statements of his intention to use the public financing program for the primary election, but in fact enrolled into the system. Now McCain wants to withdraw from the primary matching fund system. (even after benefiting from the program, by securing a loan in part based on his ability to use funds from the program should his campaign not go well). The only problem is now he can’t leave the program, because he needs the FEC’s permission to do so.



So, I guess that means that McCain was for public financing, before he was against it, but still thinks it applies Obama who is not in the program, but not to himself who is in the program. Hmmm. I hate to sound like a Republican, but do you think this might be a good time for the left wing blogosphere to start calling McCain hypocrite or Flip/Flopper?

Posted at February 24, 2008 10:42 AM in response to McCain Shrugs Shoulders over FEC Letter