McCain raising money off Obama's immigration plan.

Yet, earlier this month, McCain referred to the Latino community as "you people."

Thinkprogress:

On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration would begin working on comprehensive immigration reform this year, perhaps as early as May.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who championed immigration reform years ago, is trying to reap a financial windfall out of the news. The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday that McCain’s Senate re-election finance chairman, Jason LaVecke, is planning a fundraiser for McCain after hearing about Obama’s interest in the topic. “My first mission is to raise enough money early to keep challengers out of (McCain’s) race,” LeVecke said:

Thursday morning the New York Times ran a front-page story announcing that the Obama administration would begin working on comprehensive immigration reform this year. By Thursday afternoon hundreds of Houston business leaders received e-mails urging them to join the effort — by bringing their checkbooks to a May 4 fundraiser here for Sen. John McCain.

The pitch ought to work. The Houston business establishment, led by the Greater Houston Partnership, is firmly on record for comprehensive immigration reform. The Houston economy is heavily dependent on immigrant labor, legal and illegal.

But when McCain thought Obama wasn’t taking the lead on immigration, he lashed out at the Hispanic community for voting for Obama. National Journal reported earlier this month McCain derogatorily referred to a group of Latinos as “you people.”