I think we are kinda splitting hairs here, the TARP as an example, this was from a NY Times interview of McCAin and he agreed in principle to the Bush plan as did Obama, but had some problems with it.
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Sen. McCAIN: I haven't been--I've talked to Secretary Paulson, and I haven't gotten into all the details of it. Obviously the rescue is absolutely called for. But I have focused my attention on two things. One is that I respect and admire Secretary Paulson, but as far as I can dell--can tell, we're placing all those responsibilities in the hands of one person. I think we need to appoint an oversight board of the most respected people in America, such as maybe Warren Buffett, who's a Obama supporter; Mitt Romney, Mike Bloomberg, so that there can be some kind of oversight of, instead of just putting all this responsibility on a person who may be gone in four months.
The second thing is, this CEO executive compensation. I notice at Lehman, aren't bailed out but went bankrupt, that some $2.5 billion in compensation. If they're bankrupt, where did they get that? But the major point is that no CEO of any corporation or business that is bailed out by us, that is rescued by American tax dollars, should receive any more than the highest paid person in the federal government and in...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/us...l?ref=politics
But, my original point is that, at least in my opinion, McCain is a moderate. And, I would think he is the type of person people would expect, a little "right" leaning but mostly middle of the road from a party trying to be inclusive and with broad appeal. Seems you think he is much more "right" leaning than I do - it is a subjective call. but if McCain is too extreme who would actually fit what you would expect from the Republican Party?