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McCain To Make the Argument McCain Won't Make

Yes, yes.  Much more of this.

To borrow from Mark Twain, the "George Bush caused the credit crisis... somehow" lie is fully halfway around the world by now, but at least the "Democrats' ideologically driven market interventionism is largely to blame, despite McCain's warnings and attempts to rein in Fannie and Freddie, which were busy shoveling protection money to Chris Dodd and Barack Obama" truth is finally lacing up its shoes.

Previously: Thomas Sowell Makes the Argument McCain Won't

Update:  Ace is blogging the McCain conference call.

Yes, they are now saying the CRA/Fannie/Freddie disaster was one the Democrats lobbied for, one that McCain attempted to avert in 2005, and that McCain's efforts were blocked by a party-line vote.
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They are focusing on regulation of Fannie and Freddie -- conceding, implicitly, that sure, Republicans are generally reluctant on regulation, but not on this issue.
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[Doug Holtz-Eakin, Senior Policy Adviser] notes that Barack Obama has been lying -- or "miscaracterizing" -- McCain's and Obama's respective positions on regulating Fannie and Freddie for the past two weeks, and that it's time for McCain to set the record straight.

Update:  Via Allah, here's video of McCain making the case on the campaign trail.

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McCain To Make the Argument McCain Won't Make

Yes, yes.  Much more of this.

To borrow from Mark Twain, the "George Bush caused the credit crisis... somehow" lie is fully halfway around the world by now, but at least the "Democrats' ideologically driven market interventionism is largely to blame, despite McCain's warnings and attempts to rein in Fannie and Freddie, which were busy shoveling protection money to Chris Dodd and Barack Obama" truth is finally lacing up its shoes.

Previously: Thomas Sowell Makes the Argument McCain Won't

Update:  Ace is blogging the McCain conference call.

Yes, they are now saying the CRA/Fannie/Freddie disaster was one the Democrats lobbied for, one that McCain attempted to avert in 2005, and that McCain's efforts were blocked by a party-line vote.
...
They are focusing on regulation of Fannie and Freddie -- conceding, implicitly, that sure, Republicans are generally reluctant on regulation, but not on this issue.
...
[Doug Holtz-Eakin, Senior Policy Adviser] notes that Barack Obama has been lying -- or "miscaracterizing" -- McCain's and Obama's respective positions on regulating Fannie and Freddie for the past two weeks, and that it's time for McCain to set the record straight.

Update:  Via Allah, here's video of McCain making the case on the campaign trail.