Why would Obama criticize McCain's support for a ban on all race-based discrimination?

Because it would mean that

Business owners wouldn't have to hire a women if they felt like they only wanted men on the job force. Same goes for disabled people to. They could legal go unpunished for not wanting any minorities(blacks, hispanics, women, disabled people) working for them.

If there was not any form of affirmative action then I could go and say.

I am looking for abled body men to do office work for me. No disabled of women because I don't like them. Any color f men is fine as long as you aren't a woman and you are abled body. I don't care how qualified you are, women need to stay at home and cook dinner while disabled people stay far away from civilization as possible.

Does that sound like a win to you?

Affirmative Action is in place for people who have that 1960s mindset.

Come on, I suspect that you're smarter than this. First of all something has to be done because things still aren't done in a non-discriminatory way. There is still a thing called "White man's previliage" that shuts out European-American women and minorities. The idea of "race-based' discrimination is a creation of the Republican party to stoke the so called angry white man voter base. Funny, I don't remember people bitching and moaning about race based discrimination before more minorities and women started to exert themselves politically and economically

McCain is really saying he's against Affirmative Action. Which is another flip-flop, because he earlier called the bill "divisive."

The problem with this ban is that you can't stop racism with a law, so you need things like Affirmative Action to make sure the system is fair.

I am beginning to believe he intends to discriminate for one group of minorities.

How would anyone be able to play the race card to get ahead then?

Because He has used it to His benefit His whole life.

It's lip service...you can't tell someone NOT to be prejudiced.

"He is not one of us" was said by Mc Cain. It doesn't sound like he is for a ban on race discrimination to me.

Because he is scary. He wants to enslave the white race. Watch out.

Beware ....Obama is going to eat you!Grrrr!Hide your kids.Keep all the White women inside,run people run.There is a black guy trying to be our president.He is going to kill us!