John McCain tries to distance himself from the bailout bill

With his conservative credentials in doubt and faced with a primary opponent that stands a good chance of beating him, John McCain is trying to distance himself from the bailout bill that he supported.

  John McCain agreed with the bailout bill, he voted for it, but now that it has become politically toxic he is trying to claim that he was misled about the bill. He claims that Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke assured him the TARP funds would be used only to shore up the housing market but “obviously, that didn’t happen.”

  He continued:

Something had to be done because the world’s financial system was on the verge of collapse,” he said. “Any economist, liberal or conservative, would agree with that. The action they took, I don’t agree with

  Senator McCain is now trying to remove himself from any guilt associated with voting for the bailout bill but the fact is, he is guilty as charged. When he found it politically expedient to support this bill he actually suspended his presidential campaign to head back to Washington to work on this effort to shore up the housing market but now that it is a political disaster he is trying to claim that he opposes it.

  The bottom line is, John McCain voted for this bill, his vote authorized the actions taken and he simply cannot walk away from the role he played in this bills passage just because he is facing serious competition in the upcoming primary. John McCain is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

  John McCain will have to face the voters of Arizona and pay the price for his vote on the bailout bill and he can try to deflect the blame all that he wants, but the voters will not be fooled. John McCain you will be NEXT! Consider yourself teabagged!