Obama Commits Double Flip-Flop on FISA

Just four days after Barack Obama announced his decision to support the new FISA reform bill, he reversed himself and told Code Pink member Jodie Evans that he would "vote against the bill".

Evans, who met up with Senator Obama at a Hollywood fundraiser on June 24th, told Obama: "We're worried because you aren't standing up against the FISA bill and for our rights not to be illegally spied on."

"I am going to vote against that bill," Obama replied.

Obama announced his support for the FISA bill only four days earlier, on June 20th.

Nevertheless, when the bill comes up for a vote in the senate next week Obama will have to vote one way or another and he will not be able to flip-flop any longer. If he decides to vote against the bill he'll have a difficult time continuing his latest ploy of portraying himself as a centrist [bear in mind, this is a man who's been dubbed 'The Most Liberal Senator In 2007'] . But, if he does vote in favor of the bill, it will only raise the ire of Code Pink, a group that tends to get nasty with politicians who betray them.

Of course, there is one more option for Obama: He could revert to an old tactic of his and just not show up for the vote.