McCain: "No New Taxes"

by Charles Chamberlain, DFA Field Director [courtesy of Blog for America]

McCain Changes His Taxes Position Again, Back On The ‘No New Taxes’ Talking Points

Think Progress has video at the link above: Here's a bit of it:

In February, ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) if he was a “‘read my lips’ candidate” who believed in “no new taxes, no matter what?” “No new taxes,” responded McCain.

But McCain soon changed his position. Two week after telling Stephanopoulos that he would not support new taxes under any circumstances, McCain backed away from his pledge in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, claiming that he wouldn’t make a firm commitment to not raise taxes: