McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Government Spending

U.S. Newswire, March, 2008

To: STATE EDITORS

Contact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, 1- 202-863-8148

Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will put an end to the reckless Bush budgeting and deficit spending.

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --On the campaign trail John McCain frequently calls for spending restraint, joking that Congress "spent money like a drunken sailor," arguing that excessive spending was the root cause of the Republican culture of corruption in Washington, and claiming that "spending restraint is why our base is not energized." [New York Times, 5/17/07; AP, 1/18/ 08; AP, 2/17/08] As evidence, McCain complains that President Bush signed $35 billion worth of pork spending into law in the last two years. [ABC's The Week with George...

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