Look at the dates.
He changed his mind on the issue in 2007.
“I have a specific position on that issue, but I do not want to see internet only taxes as you described them or access fees or email charges and so forth. “
No, I don’t think he changed his mind. The statement above has room in it for state-based sales taxes of net transactions, he just didn’t bring it up.
Plus, if he calls it a “transaction fee to support commiunications infrastructure”, it’s not a tax at all.