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Talk No, Vote Yes: How do Sleazy Senators Get Away With It?

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Ten years ago, "flip-flopping"--changing one's mind about an issue, voting one way and then the other--was the worst sin a pol could commit. Now he can take to the Senate floor, shout about a proposed law being a threat to mom, God and apple pie--and the next day vote "yes," secure in the knowledge that no reporter will call him on it. John McCain pulls this trick all the time. He even did it on the same issue twice: torture.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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