02-21-2008, 01:34 AM
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The McCains' boldness and hypocrisy apparently know no bounds:
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http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/s...8/daily27.html
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 2:08 PM MST
McCains bash remarks by ObamasThe Business Journal of Phoenix - by Mike Sunnucks Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona Sen. and Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been talking up a business-oriented message of low taxes, limited spending and a skepticism toward government-run health care as he looks toward a possible general election duel with Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama.
Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of the GOP senator and a Phoenix business executive in the meantime, also took her most high-profile step in the 2008 presidential race Tuesday night.
Cindy McCain is chairwoman of Phoenix-based Hensley & Co., the third-largest Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in the U.S. and one of the largest privately held businesses in Arizona. She took aim at comments made by Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic front-runner and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
"And let me tell you something: for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback," said Michelle Obama on the campaign trail earlier this week. She is an Ivy League-educated attorney.
Cindy McCain responded to that statement Tuesday night after her husband won the Wisconsin Republican primary.
"I'm proud of my country. I don't know about you, if you heard those words earlier -- I'm very proud of my country," Cindy McCain said.
Cindy McCain has been a constant companion on the campaign trail during Sen. McCain's presidential effort, but her comeback to Michelle Obama's statement was her most vocal comments to date.
Sen. McCain on Tuesday stressed his skepticism toward government focused solutions to health insurance. Sen. Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton both back government-mandate universal health insurance.
He also said federal taxes should "simpler, flatter, more pro-growth and pro-jobs" in Tuesday comments after his Wisconsin primary win. Sen. McCain has backed some business and Bush administration backed tax cuts in recent years, but opposed others. The Arizona senator has been making a "no-new taxes" pledge on the campaign trail in recent days and wants to cut corporate income tax rates to spur the economy.
Sen. Obama and Clinton want to rollback some of those tax reductions to help pay for increased social spending.
Sen. McCain also took aim at Sen. Obama and his often general remarks about "hope" and "change."
"I will fight every moment of every day in this campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived by an eloquent but empty call for change that promise no more than a holiday from history and return to the false promises and failed policies of a tired philosophy that trusts in government more than people," Sen. McCain said.
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