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of making any argument to win applies to McCain as well now. He is a liar and I no longer respect him.

Man this thing is ugly though. I agree with you that McCain's vote on this was a good thing but it is a fact that he did - not a lie like McCain made with Romney's Iraq stance.

**"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." - John McCain"**

Further, the call continues, McCain opposed repealing the capital gains tax, the death tax (again -- think seniors) and twice voted against the Bush tax cuts.

True or not?

I've already posted a comment about this. And this guy is supposed to be the economic conservative? Gimme a break.

Shame on you, Mitt.

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McCain sends out harsh robocall hitting Mitt from right

John McCain launched perhaps the toughest robocall yet here this afternoon, using a woman's voice to attack Romney on abortion and gay rights and to claim he has treated "social issues voters as fools."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0108/McCain_sends_out_harsh...

And here I thought people were finally getting along.

Whatever, politics disgust me.

I agree this is nonsense from Romney, but at least it's true- even if it is something good about McCain.

McCain's playing fast and loose with the truth in his attacks on Romney about Iraq.

"Secret Timetables"

I remember when Romney said that, the MSM all piled on him for running interference for Bush instead of supporting withdrawl. Compared him to Nixon and his "secret plan" to win the Vietnam war. Of course all Romney was doing was pointing out that you shouldn't publicly announce your war plans/goals.

For McCain to spin it now as an attempt to undermine the Bush approach- geez, do all the Republican candidates have rocks for brains.

If I recall correctly Ben, you were at least supportive of Gov. Huckabee, who is on record supporting the Medicare prescription drug plan (as is the majority of the Republican party including Newt Gingrich).

Personally, I do not support it, but it seems a bit much for you to take the, "you've got to be kidding me," attitude. Even a cursory reading of your writing reveals that you tend to be far more socially conservative than fiscally conservative, so this just screams out as another pathetic attempt to take a shot at Romney.

If you were fair, you bash both calls for what they are, misleading.

and as a Romney supporter - these calls (if they are truly from the official Mitt campaign) are hypocritical because I highly doubt Romney would have supported the bill. He's trying to score points with seniors. As for the rest of the call, death tax, capital gains tax - that's a good point for people to know about McCain.

**"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." - John McCain"**

I'm having a tough time believing this.

No really, this seems entirely uncharacteristic of Romney and doesn't seem like it would be a useful message to make to Republican voters -- even seniors.

I can see JMart dancing to break this story -- I've never seen a blog that was more biased against Romney (and thats saying something!)

Having said that, I've never heard of him making up a source before. So do I have to swallow that its an accurate story?

It's a dead heat and Florida is crucial to Romney. These robocalls, done at the last minute and only in one state, will not be a big issue beyond this one primary - but they could sway elderly voters.

With the stakes so high, it's logical to exploit his opponent's every possible weakness in the eyes of the voters. Low cost, potentially high benefit - it's a defensible move, even if hypocritical.

Politics ain't beanbag.

.....Prescription Drug Rider blew in, was the demise of an approximately eighty store Northeastern Drugstore Chain after the program's inception. To understand Medicare's witless complicity in its failure you have to understand the economic relationship between drugstores and their suppliers, the drug wholesalers. In today's fiercely competive environment, in order to give the retailer the best possible price for goods delivered to the retailer, the wholesaler will demand electronic access to the retailer's bank account, and routinely withdraw the funds from the retailer's bank account electronically when payment is due.
The first thing that happened to this retailer, after the start of Medicare Part D was the dissappearance of the cash customer from its registers, while the drug wholesaler was still routinely making his regular payment withdrawals from the retailer's bank account ten days after the goods were delivered. Medicare Part D supposedly makes its payments sixty days at best after the service is rendered when conditions are good, leaving the retailer with zero funds to cover outflows for at least a fifty day period. The inevitable ultimately happened just one year after Part D began with all its fanfare.

so it means both candidates are running scumbag robo-calls. If our candidates are going to behave like Democrats, tell me again why we should support any of them and not just throw the lot out?

has just been handed to McCain by Romney. Which hammer? The hammer the McCain campaign can now use to bludgeon the Romney campaign. With these now-confirmed robo-calls, McCain can now accuse Romney of supporting the Prescription Drug bill with all the fiscal disaster it promises. If Romney states he doesn't support it, he will have to admit he authorized deliberately misleading campaign calls that faulted McCain for rejecting a bill he too would have rejected. Not good if you're Romney.