When Mitt Romney suggested that the President should provide a positive example of family values for the country, and that he didn't think the Clinton family was up for the job, the response was Clinton adviser Howard Wolfson was, "Hillary Clinton needs no lessons on character from a man who switches his positions on a daily basis."
Really, Wolfson is comparing Romney changing his mind on the issue of abortion (which I believe he has done but once) to cheating on one's wife?
This gets us into the entire issue of flip-flopping. Is Romeny's change of opinion on abortion a 'flip-flop'? Not really. If you change your mind because you have learned more about an issue, then that should be commendable. You have learned more, and now you realize you were wrong in the past, and are willing to change your mind rather than bull-headedly sticking to your guns. If you change your mind based on the audience you are speaking to, then you are a flip-flopper. A thoughtless consistency is just as bad as inconsistency in my book. I prefer someone who shows the capacity to learn and the willingness to change their mind when faces with facts.
Certainly changing one's mind on something is not the same as adultery. Not in anyone's book (except, aparently, the Clintons').
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