Vaughn Ward won’t say it. But the facts do. The 1st Congressional District candidate has flip-flopped on repealing the 17th Amendment — and thus returning the election of U.S. senators to state legislatures. “I’m not changing the position, I’m clarifying would be a better way to put that,” Ward told Betsy Russell of the Spokane Spokesman-Review Monday. Um, no. On the April 30 edition of “Idaho Reports,” Ward couldn’t have been much clearer. After Eagle state Rep. Raul Labrador advocated the repeal of the 17th Amendment, Ward joined in assent, saying the amendment represented a step in the erosion of states’ rights/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Does it bother you when a politician obviously flipflops? Or do you consider it to be politics as usual, and don't hold it against him?