John McCain and Immigration on the Campaign Trial

The N.Y. Times (here) is reporting that immigration, an issue that has divided Republicans in Washington, is reverberating across the party’s presidential campaign field, causing particular complications for Arizona Senator John McCain. The topic came up repeatedly in recent campaign swings through Iowa by Mr. McCain and Senator Sam Brownback (Kansas), another Republican who, like Mr. McCain, supports giving some illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, a position that puts them at odds with many other conservatives. Both candidates faced intensive questioning from voters on the issue, which has become more prominent in the state as immigrants are playing a larger and increasingly visible role in the economy and society.

FAIR’s Dan Stein is publicizing the Times article on his blog (here), apparently seeing it as suggesting that McCain’s positions on immigration may be trouble for his campaign.  We will see.

KJ