During the 2000 primary season, I made it a point to ask each presidential candidate in person the following question at least once:

Current immigration policy is doubling US population within the lifetimes of today’s children. Since you support this policy, will you at least say when we should stop?
One billion people? [...]

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:

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