McCain is the “Amnesty King.” He does more than just vote for amnesty. He authors and sponsors the legislation. He did in 2006 [S 2611] and got it passed in the Senate and then in 2007—McCain-Kennedy. This guy is a true believer. He is incapable of changing his position on this issue.
Good points. Reality stinks for some here.....
While that is correct, it would be more accurate to say that McCain negotiated a compromise on an immigration bill with Kennedy.
As for 2006, the McCain-Kennedy compromise did not have enough votes for cloture, so the Hagel-Martinez compromise was piled on top of McCain-Kennedy and an additional 10 republicans voted for cloture(40 dems and 23 GOP).
Additionally, AgJobs was the template for McCain-Kennedy and it was negotiated between the growers and the union.