I missed this article by Thomas Frank yesterday in the Wall Street Journal:
Last week, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a commission to “find out what went wrong” on Wall Street. It was an excellent suggestion: Public inquiries into Wall Street practices served the country well in the 1930s.
And Mr. McCain has a special advantage to bring to any such investigation — many of the relevant witnesses are friends or colleagues of his. In fact, he can probably get to the bottom of the whole mess just by cross-examining the people riding on his campaign bus. So the candidate should take a deep breath, remind himself that the country comes first, pull the Straight Talk Express over at a rest stop, whistle up his media pals, and begin.
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McCain wants you to think that he is concerned about the economy, yet he has let his campaign be run by people who are the most deeply involved in it. It’s another game of slight of hand by McCain. And instead of looking into reports of his campaign manager’s involvement in failed mortgage giants, McCain pulls out the oldest Republican tactic in the book – blame the media.
John McCain would rather lose a country than lose an election!