To the editor:

Mr. Bush has referred to vice presidential candidate John Edwards as the “ultimate flip-flopper.” That may be true but President Bush and many other politicians in Washington, D.C., have been flip-floppers during their political careers.

Recently, Mr. Bush has flipped, and then flopped, on whether to support the ban of assault weapons. The president has also flip-flopped on environmental issues. This malady is a common occurrence on both sides of the aisle in Washington, D.C.

One noteworthy exception is Sen. John McCain, Ariz. Mr. McCain is a man of his word, does what he says he’ll do and rarely changes his mind.

However, in this era of modern politics, when a politician does flip-flop, it’s important for the would-be voter to “read between the flip and the flop.”

Robert Hinton,

Lawrence