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Response To McCain ?Switch?

DISCRIMINATIONS reader and frequent commenter, Michael Bertolone, has an excellent letter in today?s USA TODAY. He?s given permission to post it here:

McCain switches sides for the better
Michael A. Bertolone - Rochester, N.Y.

Barack Obama said he was disappointed with John McCain?s change of heart on affirmative action, but I find it encouraging (?McCain sides with ban on affirmative action,? News, Monday).
McCain said he backs a proposed referendum in Arizona to ban affirmative action. Why is Obama disappointed that McCain has decided finally to back the 14th Amendment?s equal protection clause, which guarantees everyone equal protection of the laws? Is it because Obama supports preferential treatment for some at the expense of others?
Martin Luther King Jr., in his 1963 ?Letter from Birmingham Jail,? wrote: ?Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.? That?s good advice.
I?m satisfied that McCain has realized the danger and injustice in favoring or discriminating against a person based on race or gender. Obama would benefit from learning that lesson as well.

If it turns out that McCain really does back away from this support, perhaps his support for the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative should be called his pre-flip-flop-flip.

Full post as published by Discriminations on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).