Friday, April 30, 2010

John McCain Swings Right in Desperate Bid for Political Survival

THE GUARDIAN: One-time moderate Arizona senator keeps step with the Tea Party and gets tough on illegal immigration

John Ladd points to the piles of empty water and Coke bottles, a yellow blanket and numerous other bits of debris abandoned on his cattle ranch in Cochise county, near Tombstone, Arizona. The sprawling estate, stretching 10 miles along the US-Mexico border, is a favoured route for those making the illegal, dangerous and often fatal, journey to what they hope is a bright new future. >>> Ewen MacAskill in Tucson | Friday, April 30, 2010