Here's what McCain said:
In the case of Governor Romney, you know, maybe I should wait a couple of weeks and see if it changes, because it's changed in less than a year from his position before. And maybe his solution will be to get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn. I don't know," McCain said.
One of the cardinal sins of presidential politics is to let your opponents define you. It is obvious that Senator McCain has launched a full-bored effort to paint the Governor as a flip-flopper. While it may be admirable for the Governor to refuse to get into a mudslinging contest with the Senator, there is great danger that this definition of Gov. Romney could stick. Given the Governor's recent uptick in the polls, it may be that the other candidates will assist the Senator in painting Romney with the flip-flopping label. Watch the campaign over the next few weeks to see if Governor Romney can parry the thrust, and or fight back with his own negative positioning of his opponents.
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