McCain adviser Holtz-Eakin: McCain may not speak for the McCain campaign on the economy.»

On Wednesday, the Tax Policy Center released a report finding a $2.8 trillion gap between Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) public economic proposals and his advisers’ private assurances. McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin responded yesterday to the report, saying that McCain’s public statements are not necessarily “official” policy. Slate reports:

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s chief economic adviser, says the numbers he provided to the TPC aren’t secret—they’re the same ones he provides to anyone who asks. He also disputes the way the study takes suggestions McCain has made on the stump out of context. “This is parsing words out of campaign appearances to an unreasonable degree,” Holtz-Eakin said. “He has certainly I’m sure said things in town halls” that don’t jibe perfectly with his written plan. But that doesn’t mean it’s official.

The Wonk Room breaks down McCain’s double talk on the economy here. "Holtz-Eakin On $2.8 Trillion Gap: Just Because McCain ‘Said Things In Town Halls…Doesn’t Mean It’s Official’ "»
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/07/25/holtzeakin-rhetoric-gap/

Wasn't it just last week that they had to say pay no attention to some economic advisor?

Right after they shitcanned Gramm?

And now McCain is reversing himself on the Iraq withdrawal?

The wheels are coming off.

he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

attic.

Way to "lead" shitstain McCain...

how's come this only gets a few responses in two hours?

M$M will be ALL over this, right?

with almost the same fervor they covered the Couric/McCain editing fiasco, I imagine