It turns out, John McCain has a lot more in common with Bush than we thought. He too aspires to be a dictator, and it's on video, thanks to the Des Moines Register.
It's not a wind-up. It's a direct quote.
There's no direct link for the video file, so you'll need to go to the Des Moines Register video page, and click on it yourself.
The video you want is "John McCain: Economic bill failure" - the quote in the headline is about a minute or so into it.
And, unlike Bush's "if I were a dictator" joke, McCain clearly isn't trying to be funny. It's an offhand comment, stated as casually as if he were telling you what the weather was like outside.
It's not that big a deal, to him. He just aspires to be a dictator. That's all.
URL:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/...
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UPDATE:
Just noticed there's an "embed" link in their player. Tried to add it to the diary, but the embed java code seems to contain a lot of stuff that isn't allowed, here. So, it won't embed.
UPDATE II:
The embedded video can be seen here:
http://saradevil.blogspot.com/...
(thank you, Ataraxy)
UPDATE III: Youtube clip! (about 30 seconds in)