On the economic troubles of 2008, "really the match that lit this fire was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"The Democrats in the Senate and some members of Congress defended what Fannie and Freddie were doing. They resisted any change."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
A mortgage buyback plan is "my proposal, it's not Sen. Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"1.3-million people in America make their living off eBay."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. >>Details
"John McCain fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie...but Democrats blocked the reforms."
John McCain on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 in an advertisement >>Details
House Republicans "weren't part of the negotiations" on the Wall Street bailout plan.
John McCain on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss. >>Details
On whether the government should bail out insurance giant AIG:
John McCain on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 in >>Details
"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
John McCain on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 in an interview on CNN's American Morning >>Details
After Reagan took office, "we didn't raise taxes and we didn't cut entitlements. What we did was we cut taxes."
John McCain on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 in campaign event in Westport, Conn. >>Details
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich. >>Details
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