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McCain Did NOT Really Say That, Did He?

By Chip Hanlon | October 09, 2008 | 9:32 AM | 10 Comments

Nearly 3 weeks ago I predicted John McCain's lack of anything resembling an economic philosophy--let alone one related to small government-- would lead to his undoing in the polls. Ok, that has happened and this election looks to be all but over. In Tuesday's debate, however, McCain took his fiscal silliness to a new level: suggesting that if he were elected, the federal government would buy back any mortgage worth more than its home. WHAT?!

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