[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              McCAIN AND HIS POLITICAL SHOW IN WASHINGTON

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, last week Lehman Brothers filed for 
bankruptcy and the stock markets fell 500 points. Senator McCain's 
response? He declared that the fundamentals of the economy were strong.
  What a difference a week makes. Senator McCain must have had an 
epiphany on Wednesday when he decided to suspend his campaign so that 
he could come back to Washington.
  And what exactly created this epiphany? How about new poll numbers 
that show Senator Obama leading Senator McCain by nine points.
  This was a political ploy. Senator McCain is trying to distract the 
American public from the fact that he was part of the Washington gang 
that helped create this mess in the first place. He has proudly 
proclaimed that he is the biggest supporter of deregulation in 
Washington, and that is what created this problem. When you take the 
referees off the field, the game gets out of hand. Case in point: Wall 
Street.
  Madam Speaker, Senator McCain represents more of the same in 
Washington. Change is needed, and that is not Senator McCain.

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