"Straight talk: Do you want to raise taxes, cut entitlement spending, cut defense spending, or have a deficit?"

I see no inconsistency for McCain here, just more evidence that his mind is going, exactly like Reagan's. A "free lunch" is an awfully appealing idea not only to politicians but to voters. Sadly, millions will vote for him in the fall thinking that he's a fiscal conservative rather than simply deluded. Many R's suffer from the laugh-out-load delusion that their party is sincerely interested in fiscal conservatism.

John McCain!

HOW WILL YOU PAY FOR IRAQ?

Never could understand all the hoopla about Reagan. He tripled the debt - all time record personal and business bankruptcies. Massive bank failures Nationwide. Yeah he told the Russians to "tear down that wall" but he pretty much screwed up everything else.

Why is it so difficult to imagine a meaningful discussion about national economic matters in which the difference between annual 'deficit' and national debt is made? Yes, I know that the two words start with the letter D so that makes it more challenging.
Note to Huffpo' editors: Reagan tripled the national debt in the 8 years that he held office by raising the accumulated deficits of those eight years. 1 debt and 8 deficits to his tenure. Proper use of terminology might help this discussion and save the republic.

McCain is so much like Ronald Reagan, especially lately.

Kids, the fix is in. McCain was picked to lose. Whoever get's the job of trying to clean up the Bush mess will be crucified no matter what happens. This place is beyond the repair of anything a new President can do. We're looking at decades of austerity and learning to live with less.
Let's hold the ones that got us into this mess responsible. We need the government, rebuilt and purged of secret organiztion's from the ground up. Get our Soicial Security money back that they gave to the wealthy as tax breaks. Do away with the Fed and cut our military in half, just for starter's.

McCain's just blowing it. He's got a free ride and he has managed to blow it in every possible way. This guy has the potential to go psycho before the election in November.

Watch the Manchurian Candidate.

It's behavior like this that makes me wonder how McCain could be so competitive with the Dem candidates in national polling.

I used to think Bush was the dumbest person to run for President, this past Month I think Ole John has passed him up. His statement that he will cut the deficit like Regan is pretty funny and damn sad that he has no idea Regan made a mess of the economy, although not as bad as GW, but when you think about it you had Ragan then Bush 41 and now Bush 43 and together they increased the deficit by an amount equal to the first 200 years of this country's history. Worst part is when you think about all the sayings the rethugs have such as, fiscal resposibility (ya right), and Pro Life (thousands dead because of Iraq), besides when you think about it if the republicans really got rid of abortion who woudl vote for them. Just like GW not getting OBL had he done that he could not threaten us with him coming to kill us in our beds every few months.

If Obama doesn't use all this ammunition against McCain.... he deserves to lose....

Great. Another "senior moment." Gawd, who are these fools supporting his dotteriness?

I can't wait for the debates between Obama and this doddering old fool. Barak will wipe the floor with

him and hopefully he will explode and have to be carried off in a straight jacket never to be heard from

again.

More spend and borrow. Can any of George's minions out there explain how running the economy on the credit card is sound economic policy?

OH MY GAWD!