US: McCain comes out against affirmative action

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has come out against affirmative action, and endorsed ballot measures to bar public colleges and universities - and other state agencies - from considering race in admissions or hiring, reports Inside Higher Ed. McCain had previously been among those Republicans who refused to endorse these ballot measures.

His comments last Sunday came in an appearance on the ABC News show "This Week," which also revealed that a decade ago, he called efforts to bar affirmative action "divisive." Asked if he would back the ban on affirmative action that will be considered by Arizona voters this fall, he said: "I support it. I do not believe in quotas.... I have not seen the details of some of these proposals. But I've always opposed quotas".
Full report on the Inside Higher Ed site