Ruben Navarrette used to admire Marco Rubio , who challenged Gov . Bush in Florida elections . Not so much . But , he says , Rubio 's flip - flop on Arizona 's immigration law changed his mind . Rubio saw the law as racial profiling , now backs amended version , Navarrette says . He says amendments are cosmetic at best ; not gullible or blinded by ambition .
Ruben Navarrette used to admire Marco Rubio , who challenged Gov . Bush in Florida elections . But , he says , Rubio 's flip - flop on Arizona 's immigration law changed his mind . Rubio saw the law as racial profiling , now backs amended version , Navarrette says . He says amendments are cosmetic at best ; not gullible or blinded by ambition .