Marathon Pundit: EFCA a jobs killer--ask Arlen Specter

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has changed his position so many times on issue, I'm wondering if he can remember his name. We know he forgets what party he belongs to.

As for the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, he's been all over the map on that one too, as Katie Packer points out in Townhall.

It's been quite a year for Senator Arlen Specter. This time last year, Specter had changed party affiliation and was well on his way to dropping his allegiance to Pennsylvania small businesses and workers in that his commitment to oppose the job-killing Employee 'Forced' Choice Act (EFCA) was quickly becoming invalid.

In 2009, Specter announced his opposition to EFCA saying, "The problems of the recession make this a particularly bad time to enact Employees Free Choice legislation. Employers understandably complain that adding a burden would result in further job losses … I am announcing my decision now because I have consulted with a very large number of interested parties on both sides and I have made up my mind."

Specter had decided the legislation wasn't acceptable considering it would result in increased unemployment during an historic recession.

But apparently, Big Labor's siren song of political support lured Specter away from his promise to his constituents and he openly began to support the legislation he previously opposed stating, "I expect the cloture vote to occur on a modified version of the Employee’s Free Choice legislation … And I will support that cloture vote."