Whatever you think of John McCain's past work on immigration reform, his position now is clearly to seal the border FIRST, have those borders certified as sealed by each state's governor, and then address the other issues regarding illegals.

What must be also noticed, is that John McCain has a lot of respect in the Latino community in the United States. They trust him. That potentially poses a real problem for Democrats in the General Election.

Here is a portion of an article written by Ruben Navarrette Jr., in which he discusses the strength of John McCain among Latinos. That could be especially problematic for Barack Obama should he become the Dem nominee:

Meanwhile, Obama came late to the realization that Latinos would be important in this election.

They certainly have been. And they'll be even more important in the fall election, where - if Democrats aren't careful - they might lose many Latino voters to Republican John McCain. The Arizona senator has done exceptionally well with Latinos in his home state. In his 1998 re-election, McCain earned 65 percent of the Latino vote. In 2004, it was more than 70 percent.

And that was before McCain joined with Sen. Ted Kennedy to introduce their immigration reform bill that would have offered a pathway to legalization for millions of illegal immigrants. That's another popular Beltway misconception - that the only reason McCain is so popular with Latinos is because he wants to open the borders.

Nonsense. Most Latinos care as much about border security as any other group of Americans. But many of them cringe at those who demagogue the immigration issue for their own benefit, and they have also come to appreciate fairness and straight talk. And, if past voting is any indication, many of them seem to think they get both from McCain.

The question is: What do they get with Clinton or Obama? At the moment, it's chaos. The Democratic primary campaign is still turbulent and becoming more so all the time thanks to those who pit some portions of the Democratic coalition against others.

Chaos creates opportunity. And in this case, the opportunity may be John McCain's.