Check out the first line of today's story about McCain from the Wall Street Journal:
Sen. John McCain continues to slam rival Barack Obama for wanting to raise taxes on Social Security, even as he periodically explains that he might be willing to do the same.Meeowwwww! The rest of the article isn't much better for McCain:
"I will not raise your taxes nor support a tax increase. I will not do it," Sen. McCain said Wednesday at a town hall meeting outside of Denver. He said Sen. Obama "wants to raise your taxes to pay for bigger government."
But that evening, at a fund-raiser in Kansas City, Mo., Sen. McCain said the matter has to be worked out with both parties. "In any negotiation that I might have, when I go in, my position will be that I am opposed to raising taxes," he said. "But we have to work together to save Social Security." That echoed comments to ABC News's "This Week" on Sunday when he said that "everything's on the table," including raising taxes.
Asked about the apparent conflict in Sen. McCain's position, spokesman Tucker Bounds said the senator "is running for president to make big changes and fix Social Security....Americans are looking for leadership that will make real change and not raise taxes."
