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October 12, 2011
John McCain feels protesters' pain
The Occupy Wall Street movement is getting sympathy from an unlikely person: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The 2008 GOP presidential nominee said he understands the growing protest movement's concerns over Washington bailouts of major financial institutions.
"Down in Arizona today, Maricopa County has the highest number of homes underwater of any place in this country," he told reporters Wednesday. "And it's disgraceful that we took care of the financial institutions, and we did nothing about the housing crisis. So I understand their frustration."
He later quipped that he may be the "only" Republican does.
Oldtimer said:October 12, 2011
John McCain feels protesters' pain
The Occupy Wall Street movement is getting sympathy from an unlikely person: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The 2008 GOP presidential nominee said he understands the growing protest movement's concerns over Washington bailouts of major financial institutions.
"Down in Arizona today, Maricopa County has the highest number of homes underwater of any place in this country," he told reporters Wednesday. "And it's disgraceful that we took care of the financial institutions, and we did nothing about the housing crisis. So I understand their frustration."
He later quipped that he may be the "only" Republican does.
Oldtimer said:October 12, 2011
John McCain feels protesters' pain
The Occupy Wall Street movement is getting sympathy from an unlikely person: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
The 2008 GOP presidential nominee said he understands the growing protest movement's concerns over Washington bailouts of major financial institutions.
"Down in Arizona today, Maricopa County has the highest number of homes underwater of any place in this country," he told reporters Wednesday. "And it's disgraceful that we took care of the financial institutions, and we did nothing about the housing crisis. So I understand their frustration."
He later quipped that he may be the "only" Republican does.
McCain Rewrites Own History On Bailout Vote
Here's how McCain explained the bailout plan in a September 22, 2008 interview: "'We're going to take over these bad loans. And we're going to have the taxpayer help you out. But when the time comes and the economy recovers, then anything that's gained back is going to go to the taxpayers first." As the Chicago Sun-Times explained in reporting McCain's comments: "The plan would dole out huge sums of money to financial firms to purchase bad mortgage-backed securities so the firms can resume normal lending operations."
In a speech the following day about improvements he was seeking to what became the TARP legislation, McCain made clear that he knew the measure was targeted at Wall Street,
Obama, McCain both vote "Yes" on Senate bailout bill
Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama were back in Washington, DC today to vote on the Senate's version of the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal. The Senator version will now be sent to the House, however, both Obama and McCain have now taken a position by giving a nod to the legislation. Sen. Joe Biden, Obama's VP, also voted to approve the bill.
You can view the roll call vote here:
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea