After promising to "never" Give Up the fight against big tobacco, McCain refuses

Last month, the House passed a law - called the wrath of conservatives - that would give FDA regulatory authority over the Strengthening of the tobacco industry, mirroring the author in 1998 at the suggestion of Senator John McCain (R-AZ). At the time, McCain said that he "never" renounce its anti-tobacco efforts.

How Wonk Room noted, however, McCain has recently made it clear that he had doubts with the House legislation, stating that he would not "make voting in elections until he sees the final legislation." Roll Call reports today that McCain is a "reduction to embrace" of its own laws:

The campaign for presumed presidential candidate of the Republicans Senator John McCain (Ariz.) declining to embrace McCain's own 1998 legislation on tobacco control legislation, which would have raised taxes on the amount of $ 516 billion over 25 years. ... Repeatedly asked last week whether McCain still backs the bill and, if he thought it was a good idea, senior adviser Douglas Holtz-Ekin refused to answer directly.

However, he noted that some of the goals of the legislation did not pan out as hoped for after the tobacco industry and the state focused on its own. ... And today, McCain did not support raising taxes on cigarettes, his adviser said.

However, in 1998, McCain supported the $ 1.10 per Pack hike taxes. "I still regret, we failed," he said in October last year. Throughout his campaign, he was advertising his support for the 1998 legislation, even running ads on the subject:

Only McCain has taken on big tobacco, drug companies, fought corruption in both parties.

McCain's Web CITES column by David Brooks that "in 1998, McCain opposed the smoking legislation that faced furious opposition from the tobacco lobby." At the Summit Livestrong Lance Armstrong, McCain said that "the influence of tobacco companies" to the Congress led to his 1998 bill to fail.
McCain's flip-flop suggests that he is pandering to their anti-tax base, after catching heat from conservatives, who said that "increasing taxes on wages" were not "off the table" With regard to social security. "There are a number of things in the record McCain - including the tobacco bill - that give conservatives pause," in accordance with the "leading conservative strategist" interviewed roll-call.