Flip-flopping has been around as long as there have been voters out of earshot from the other. However, it has become more and more difficult to hide from one's flips as the media manages to record every hiccup and burp, and later insure there's a youtube video of the event. Flip-flopping had more inpact in costing Al Gore the election than any Florida hanging-chad, as Tennessee voters demonstrated by not backing V.P. Gore (the supposed 'favorite son') with its electoral votes. His "saying one thing while Senator" and another while "V.P. and later as Pres. candidate" hurt him badly among those who knew him the longest.

Both Sen. McCain and Obama have been claimed to have stated a position on __________ at some time during the past couple of years, and later doing a 180-degree flip on the original position.

Which flip-flop(s) have you considered the most significant?

For me, two are obvious:

Sen. McCain - He has reversed himself possibly twice on immigration law changes by (1) saying that immigration reforms should come first and securing the border second, then (2) reversing that position after the Kennedy-McCain Immigration Reform Bill failed to pass, then (3) as he campaigns, to state that immigration reform is a high priority (with little follow-up on border security).

Sen. Obama - He has reversed himself on gun control by (1) his commentary in Chicago last year where he stated his feeling that the DC gun control law was contitutional and correct, and his voting record in the Illinois State Senate opposing the use of guns for self-defense in urban settings, then (2) reversing that position when the U.S. Supreme Court declared the DC gun control law unconstitutional.

And the real Sen. McCain/Obama is.....? And the true position is....?