McCain is still in favor of amnesty. He has said he will not be supporting the current proposal in the House because it does not contain a guest worker program. He still supports legalizing the status of the 12 to 20 million illegals in this country, i.e., amnesty. His surrogate, Lindsey Graham, is working with Kerry on a cap and tax bill. I am sure that if McCain is reelected, he will support cap and tax.
The analogy of Palin's support of McCain to Reagan's support of Ford is a poor one. They are not analogous.