The Republicans put it in McCain's platform, via Ben Smith:Not that anyone pays attention to party platforms, least of all McCain, but a reader spots this rather unambiguous section of the platform just passed by the GOP:
We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself.Sometimes the candidate and his surrogates actually preach the language of the platform, like they did on regulation:
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