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In the first debate, McCain highlighted the success of the surge in Iraq that he helped author. He also, when clashing with Obama on foreign policy, argued for a similar surge in Afghanistan.
Then last night, in an effort to assuage voters’ fears that he doesn’t stack up to Obama on economics, he unveiled his ace-in-the-hole: having the government buy home mortgages.
The name for this plan? Revealed today: the McCain ReSURGEnce Plan. (capitalization mine)
If only he could enact some kind of surge in battleground states…
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