Its funny watching people who do not know what conservative actually is claim that McCain is struggling to be something that he has always been.
John McCain on the Issues
Political expediency caused him to put on the cloak of conservatism his record says something else
McCain, the Arizona senator, dismayed Latinos last year when he stepped back from his immigration bill that would have tightened the borders and legalized undocumented immigrants. As boos and hisses from angry Republican conservatives grew louder at campaign events, he switched course and vowed to first secure the borders. Were his failed bill to come up again, he would not vote for it, he said.
McCain?s immigration zigzag - Gebe Martinez - POLITICO.com
McCain vows to fight global warming
Email|Link|Comments (38)Posted by John Yemma January 7, 2008 04:30 PM
By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff
CONCORD, N.H. -- In his final push for a primary victory, Senator John McCain arrived here this afternoon and made a pitch that might have surprised voters: He cast himself as the environmentalist of the presidential campaign.
"I will clean up the planet," McCain said. "I will make global warming a priority.
McCain vows to fight global warming - 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com
This is the low hanging fruit.
You can argue that McCain has no core beliefs at all and there for cannot be a progressive and in that you may have a point , a rather dull one, but a point never the less.