McCain on military’s gay ban: ‘I believe that it’s working’ - @senjohnmccain is changing his tune

Sen. John McCain once said that he would trust the opinion of military leaders to decide when it was time to end the military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Now that the Congress is considering repealing the policy, and he is facing a primary challenge, McCain is changing his tune.

In 2006, McCain told MSNBC's Chris Matthews, "The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, Senator, we ought to change the policy, then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it because those leaders in the military are the ones we give the responsibility to."

In past weeks, military leaders have come forward to do just that. Admiral Mike Mullen told Congress that repealing the ban and allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be "the right thing to do."

Gen. David Petraeus told NBC's David Gregory that troops probably don't care if fellow soldiers are gay or lesbian.

rest at http://rawstory.com/2010/02/mccain-gay-ban-is-working/