'Moderate' Arlen Specter

Exerpt from The Progressive Daily Beacon:

In Republican and media circles, Specter is considered a "moderate," which is coded language for a GOPer willing to do and say whatever it takes to appear to be mainstream, while in reality furthering the most stygian policies of the Party. As a so-called moderate, Specter has become adept at straddling both sides of every subject and choosing one over the other only when political expediency requires him to do so. Republicans like Specter are the equivalent of a political Rorschach test: people see in Specter whatever they hope to see. Their perception, however, is never linked to reality.