ONE'S INDICTED, THE OTHER ONE HAS NO "CORE" PRINCIPLES

I'm talking about 2 GOP Senators. The Indicted One is Sen. "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens from Alaska.

Grand jury indicts Alaska senator

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska was indicted Tuesday on charges he lied about receiving gifts worth more than $250,000 from an Alaska-based energy company on whose behalf he intervened in Washington.


In a 28-page indictment from a federal grand jury, Stevens was charged with seven counts of making false statements on his Senate financial disclosure forms.

Then the tax-cons get blindsided by Sen. Senior Moment:

McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge
By CHARLES BABINGTON – 4 hours ago

At a July 7 town-hall meeting in Denver, he said voters faced a stark choice between him and Democrat Barack Obama.

"Sen. Obama will raise your taxes," McCain said. "I won't."

In a March 16 interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, McCain said he would cut taxes where possible, and not raise them.

"Do you mean none?" Hannity asked.

"None," McCain replied.


McCain's shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his campaign bus on July 9, he cited a need to shore up Social Security. "I cannot tell you what I would do, except to put everything on the table," he said.

He went a step farther Sunday on ABC's "This Week," in response to a question about payroll tax increases.

"There is nothing that's off the table. I have my positions, and I'll articulate them. But nothing's off the table," McCain said. "I don't want tax increases. But that doesn't mean that anything is off the table."

In a mere 2 days, McCain changed his position on taxes and his campaign has no explanation for this reversal.