Hence the reason we call him “McRINO.”
Via Washington Examiner:
“This year is going to be as stark a choice as we have seen — a starker choice than we saw in 2008.” said President Obama last night at his New York City fundraisers.
“In 2008, I was running against a Republican nominee who agreed that we should ban torture, agreed that we should close Guantanamo, believed in climate change, had worked on immigration reform,” he said, “And so as profound as the differences were between myself and John McCain, there was some sense of convergence when it came to some very important issues.”
Obama added, “If you’ve been listening to the Republican debates, they have moved. I’ve stayed here.”