“Romney did not specifically endorse McCain’s bill”
I see you purposefully chose not to bold this partcular sentence while at the same time, implying that Romney would have supported McCain-Kennedy.
“...saying he had not yet formulated a full position on immigration. But he did speak approvingly of efforts by McCain and Bush to solve the nation’s immigration crisis, calling them “reasonable proposals.””
Okay, so again, here the article is careful to state that Romney had not yet formulated a full position, yet you are now holding his feet to the fire for criticizing McCain-Kennedy as it stands now. Romney approving of “reasonable proposals” to solve the immigration issue is a far cry from him supporting the current bill as it stands now. That is a straw man argument and I think you know it.
“Romney also said in the interview that it was not “practical or economic for the country” to deport the estimated 12 million immigrants living in the US illegally.”
And any reasonable person would likely agree. Romney’s not promising them amnesty or citizenship with this statement, but he is recognizing that it’s impractical to employ the typical “ship them all out!” mentality.
The fact is, a year and a half ago, before Mitt got into the full swing of campaigning for president, he supported the exact measures that are in the current amnesty bill.
So, whether you admit it or not, or like it or not, this is just one more in a long line of Mitt-flops.
And, as in so many other cases, his attacks on other candidates on this issue are the height of hypocrisy.
Most conservatives learned long ago to see through such rhetoric. That's why the President himself has no more credibility on this issue.