Face it: Every politician flip-flops By Daniel Schorr | csmonitor.com

Mr. Bush accuses Senator Kerry of flip-flopping when he voted against the funding bill for the war that he voted to authorize. Sure, but how about Bush’s nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq, having campaigned against nation-building? Or praising the report of the 9/11 commission, whose formation he opposed? Or negotiating with North Korea, which he promised not to do? [mjh: Or supporting the Department of Homeland Security after he opposed it.]

Let’s face it: Every politician at one time or another will have to change his announced position to meet a changed situation. …

The answer to the flip-flop accusation: Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. Show me a politician who has stuck to his position through thick and thin, and I will show you a politician who cannot be trusted to represent our interests in a changing world.