Sen. John McCain’s "Straight Talk Express" seems to be derailing on the issue of gay and lesbian couples adopting abandoned or orphaned children. He was against it before he was for it. Now even George Stephanolopoulos struggles to understand where McCain stands on the issue.

In a July 11th interview with the New York Times McCain said:

Mr. McCain, who with his wife, Cindy, has an adopted daughter, said flatly that he opposed allowing gay couples to adopt. "I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption," he said.

Then on July 15, the McCain campaign said:

Sen. McCain’s expressed his personal preference for children to be raised by a mother and a father wherever possible. However, as an adoptive father himself, McCain believes children deserve loving and caring home environments, and he recognizes that there are many abandoned children who have yet to find homes. John McCain believes that in those situations that caring parental figures are better for the child than the alternative.