He Asked For It

September 26, 2008 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under Economic issues, Republican Party 

Sen. McCain made the big play. Now he has to score. This analysis by Paul Krugman will be the conventional wisdom on the McCain intervention unless he gets the fantasy-Reagan Republicans in line behind a reasonable facsimile of the Paulson plan:

Furthermore, one non-rank-and-file Republican, Senator John McCain, is apparently playing spoiler. Earlier this week, while refusing to say whether he supported the Paulson plan, he claimed not to have had a chance to read it; the plan is all of three pages long. Then he inserted himself into the delicate negotiations over the Congressional plan, insisting on a White House meeting at which he reportedly said little — but during which consensus collapsed.

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