In May, 2006, Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy were striving to pass a complex piece of legislation through the Senate. It wasn’t going very well. Opponents of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act wouldn’t stop calling the bill an amnesty.
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Less than two months ago, it looked like Sen. John McCain’s long-time support for amnesties for illegal aliens, the h-1b visa program, and other cheap labor import schemes had sunk his presidential aspirations. And he knew it:

Everyone seems to be talking about the remarkable political phenomenon that Congressman Ron Paul’s run for the presidency has become. Rep. Paul’s campaign for the White House took off when the Texas Republican, who previously ran as the Libertarian Party’s candidate, strayed outside party orthodoxy on Iraq during a nationally televised debate between GOP [...]