John McCain’s Flag Day Flip Flop on Confederate Flag

U.S. Sen. John McCain will be the guest of honor Monday at a fund-raiser hosted by the Virginia governor who recently commemorated the Confederate States of America, a tradition McCain once said he was wrong to keep quiet about.

McCain once called it one of his top personal regrets that he stayed quiet about the state of South Carolina flying a Confederate Flag above its state capitol because it hailed an uprising against the United States.

Today, he’ll stand beside the governor who resurrected “Confederate History Month,” at first without even mentioning slavery as relevant to the Civil War. It’s the latest turn in McCain’s backing away from what he once considered character-defining beliefs.

“John McCain’s moral compass just keeps spinning,” said Dawn Teo, Communications Director for U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman. “John McCain once thought the slave-state uprising to defend the institution of slavery was a stain on our country’s history. Now, he’s shrugging it off to rake in some cash. The only thing he’s been consistent on is his refusal to represent Arizona.”

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