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 McCain is going to form a commission to save the economy (video)
McCain is going to form a commission to save the economy (video)
John McCain has been in Washington too long. His economic solution is to form a commission.
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McCain's ultimate inside-the-beltway solution to the economy: Form a commission
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Yesterday, John McCain said "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." His campaign been trying to dig out from that statement since the words left the candidate's mouth. McCain has no economic agenda. He's just going to follow the Bush path, which led us to where we are. But, knowing that Americans are freaking out, the McCain brain trust has been scrambling to come up with an economic plan. Their grand solution: McCain will form a commission. Yep, that's it. Pretty much the most inside-the-beltway answer to any problem is: Form a commission. McCain's been in Washington for a very long time. McCain touted his bold, new plan on the TODAY ...

So, Senator...where were you when all this was going on?
Brilliant at Breakfast — John McCain's answer to the credit crisis on Wall Street? His "bold plan" to "restore transparency and accountability"? Yup. Form a commission to study it: So what's he saying, that he's been asleep while Wall Street firms packaged bad debt and sold it as "investment vehicles"? So, ...

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