Marc Ambinder rightly deems the following McCain campaign rebuttal to accusations being made about his views on Social Security to be “amusing”:
JOHN MCCAIN HAS MADE NO SPECIFIC SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM PROPOSAL, SO IT HAS NO COST
See, that’s Barack Obama’s problem. When he’s proposed new programs or substantial changes to existing programs, he’s tried to spell his ideas out in some detail and provide a budgetary framework. If he stayed vaguer, then it’d all be free!
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