Turncoats R Us
He was for us before he was against us. The Redcoats’ favorite Turncoat lent his name to treachery.
Socially conservative senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond switched from Dem to GOP in 1964 to promote a segregationist platform.
AP
Texas governor John Connally, JFK’s Navy secretary, was at Kennedy’s side in Dallas when he was assassinated in 1962. He later became Nixon’s treasury secretary.
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Democratic Texas senator Phil Gramm switched to the GOP in the 1980s, lured by Reagan conservatism and has served as an economic advisor to McCain.
Charles Dharapak/AP
Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman went from Al Gore’s vice presidential pick to become John McCain’s new best friend and, if we are to believe the McCain camp whispers, the Republican candidate’s first choice as veep instead of Sarah Palin.
Chris O'Meara/AP
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