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John McCain on Health Care

From the Foundry:

Sen. John McCain issued a call to action on health care reform
today. Despite what some political pundits and liberal critics in the media
claim, McCain has it exactly right with his policy proposal.
The McCain plan would expand personal, portable private health insurance, not through government mandates or regulations handed down by Washington but by harnessing patient choice and private competition.

McCain would establish an alternative beyond employer-based coverage by making it easier for individuals and families to own and keep their health insurance policies without a tax or regulatory penalty and would enable them to purchase coverage across state lines to create a real national market. These features are largely absent from the health care sector today McCain also sees a powerful role for the states in health care reform. Under his plan, states would continue to regulate health insurance but would have new flexibility. Through his Guaranteed Access Plan, states would benefit from federal assistance and best practice models for insuring the otherwise “uninsureables,” but will ultimately have the ability to continue to experiment with ways of ensuring access to health coverage for high-cost patients.

Heritage has published recent research on patient-centered health care and approaches to covering high-cost patients.

Should the North Carolina GOP run the ad

From Forbes:

Republican John McCain on Wednesday asked the North Carolina GOP not to run a television ad that brings up the controversial former pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. North Carolina Republican party officials insisted the ad will run as planned despite McCain's request

From Campaign 2008: NC GOP Right, McCain Wrong

I strongly support John McCain for the presidency of the U.S. I have done a great deal online – and off – to advance the cause of John McCain, and I will do a great deal more.That said, I strongly disagree with McCain’s position that the North Carolina GOP should withdraw an Obama ad, one using Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s anti-American and anti-white comments to criticize two NC Democrats running for governor. Both candidates (Richard Moore and Bev Perdue) have endorsed Barack Obama.

Kevin Tracy disagrees with the ad: North Carolina GOP Snubs McCain, Attacks Obama and NC Democrats

Great post from McCain supporter voting for Hillary

Be careful, the dems are on the lookout for operation chaos members

clipped from votingmccain08.blogspot.com Source: The Liberal Republican It looks like Obama is really losing traction, and Hillary is looking more and more like she has a chance at getting the D spot. I would rather see McCain run against Hillary in the election, so I will be voting for Hillary in the Indiana primary on May 6th. I guess if McCain would lose, which right now it doesn't look like he is going to, I would prefer Hillary over Obama. The Rev. Wright deal has been a much bigger issue than I thought it would be. It is suprising the press didn't down play the story. I was expecting it to be a one or two day story, but I am glad to see everyone is taking it seriously.

John McCain Blogger Call

from Blogs For John McCain's Victory

Senator McCain opened the blogger call talking about his recent tour of areas of the south that have been left behind economically. This included a stop made in Inez, Kentucky where FDR first announced the War on Poverty. Senator McCain stated the lesson learned is that the local government is far more capable of effecting positive economic change than large federal bureaucracies. He went on to say that he still believes in Reagan’s economic principals of keeping taxes low and cutting spending to increase economic growth; also stating that anyone willing to raise taxes when the economy is struggling doesn’t understand fundamental economic principals.

When questioned later about taxes, Senator McCain explained that Senator Obama’s plan to lift the cap on Social Security would affect people making $102,000 and that his plan to increase the capital gains tax would affect 100 million Americans. He repeated his plan to give Americans a summer gas tax holiday, and to temporarily suspend putting oil in the strategic oil reserves in order to provide temporary economic relief. He went on to explain that long-term breaking America’s dependence on foreign oil is the priority.

Several of the blogger’s questions were about Senator Obama and his ties to Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright. The first from Hugh Hewitt asked about Senator Obama comparing Bill Ayers to Senator Coburn. Senator McCain found the comparison offensive as he described Ayers as an unrepentant terrorist and Senator Coburn as well respected doctor who still has an active practice delivering babies. He was also questioned about why he wanted to see the anti-Obama ad featuring Reverend Wright in North Carolina pulled from the air. He explained that it is not the tenor that he wants his campaign to take, and that he voices his opinion as the nominee of the party and sees the ad as offensive to some.

On foreign policy Jennifer Rubin questioned Hamas’ apparent endorsement/desire to see Senator Obama elected president. Senator McCain agreed that he would be Hamas’ worst nightmare and knows that he is not who they want to become president. Also, he was questioned about Iraq and President Maliki’s move into Bazra. He was encouraged to see that the Iraqi army was starting to act independently. He admitted there were some problems with desertions, but was pleased overall with the progress of the army and the signs of success in that region.

Other McCain Posts Today:
Nobel Prize Winners Want more Regulation ... and they say Obama most likely to do so
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: John McCain On CBS' "Early Show"
Thank you President Carter ...It sure looks like Hamas has endorsed Barack Obama
Let's Compare The Dems And Their Idiotic Ideas For Tax Hikes
Suspend the gas tax - McCain for families
The Foundry suggests that John McCain is the only candidate really speaking to families and the need to get government off their backs so they can prosper again

Nobel Prize Winners Want more Regulation

Watching CNBC this morning, with interviews of two Nobel Prize winners in economics.

Of course, since CNBC is so protective of their videos I can't quite figure out how to grab and embed if there's even a way. And I'm still searching for access to the transcripts and bios, but here's the boiled down version.

Both Nobel Prize winning economists endorsed Barack Obama. Why?

Both suggested that the government needed to regain a massive regulation philosophy. So ... economists who want massive government command and control (of course since leaving decision to individuals is a lot harder to predict) want Barack Obama as their President.

Economists wanting Big Brother control: Edmund Phelps (his email if you want to send him a note of socialist thanks) and Joseph Stiglitz

Jindal meets McCain