What McCain means.

• Author: Buchanan, Patrick J.
• Pages: 63(3)

In 2004, the voters of Arizona, by 56 per cent to 44 per cent, enacted Proposition 200, requiring proof of citizenship before an individual may vote or receive state benefits. Forty-six per cent of Hispanics voted for Proposition 200, giving the lie to those who say Hispanics support the illegal invasion of their country. Over 190,000 Arizonans petitioned to put Proposition 200 on the ballot.

As it simply required proof of citizenship before receiving the benefits and privileges of citizenship, who could oppose it? Answer: the entire GOP congressional delegation, led by Senator John McCain. This is the same John McCain who battled the border fence and colluded with Teddy Kennedy on the amnesty bill rejected by Congress last year after a national uproar.

Bottom line: If the presidential race is between Hillary and Amnesty John, the border security battle is over and lost.

As Laura Ingraham asks, "If Congress passes McCain-Kennedy in 2009, would President McCain sign it?" For conservatives, the stakes could not be higher. For, on the great controversies, McCain has sided as often with the Democrats and the Big Media that pay him court as with conservatives.

Where President Bush has been bravest, on taxes...