The hot tempered John McCain documented

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 11:57 AM PDT

2008/09/24 · 11:57

On Senator Obama's website there is a copy of some letters he and Senator McCain exchanged regarding ethics reform. Obama approached McCain in a meeting about the possibility of working with him and McCain reacted favorably. After Obama responded in a letter clarifying his position he received an ugly reply from McCain. McCain's reply starts out:

I would like to apologize to you for assuming that your private assurances to me regarding your desire to cooperate in our efforts to negotiate bipartisan lobbying reform legislation were sincere. When you approached me and insisted that despite your leadership's preference to use the issue to gain a political advantage in the 2006 elections, you were personally committed to achieving a result that would reflect credit on the entire Senate and offer the country a better example of political leadership, I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable. Thank you for disabusing me of such notions with your letter to me dated February 2, 2006, which explained your decision to withdraw from our bipartisan discussions.

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Saturday September 20, 2008 · 4:31 PM PDT

2008/09/20 · 16:31

I'm still trying to figure out what this bailout is all about. It sounds like the government is promising to buy assets from investors that made poor choices. Not only that but they are promising to pay too much for those assets. I don't see how this is anything but a bailout for the rich.

And what are they going to do for the poor saps who are getting booted out of their homes? This plan actually makes it harder for people who have lost their property through foreclosure to ever get it back. Supporting asset prices at inflated levels will guarantee they will not be able to afford replacements for a much longer time.

Why not help property owners retain their property? That provides a real benefit to the economy and indirectly bails out careless investors. The investors should be encouraged to do their part by writing down the mortgages on the overvalued properties they financed.

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