Politics and Culture

As I was reviewing the candidates' efforts to woo me, I noticed:

McCain said:

"I and many other colleagues twice attempted to pass comprehensive immigration legislation to fix our broken borders. ... Many Americans, with good cause, did not believe us when we said we would secure our borders, and so we failed in our efforts," he said. "We must prove to them that we can and will secure our borders first, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States."

Obama said:

"I want to give Sen. McCain credit, because he used to buck his party on immigration. He fought for comprehensive immigration reform," Obama said. "I admired him for it. But when he started running for his party's nomination, he abandoned his courageous stance, and said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."

Does his decision to re-order the steps to his immigration solution mean that McCain is abandoning it? McCain still wants the exact same outcome. Is this the "new politics" that Obama is promising to practice. Very few "old politicians" would have a small enough amount of shame to lie so boldly.