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	<title><![CDATA[As McCain Surrogate, Graham Calls His Own Social Security Idea "Dumb"]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/03/as-mccain-surrogate-graha_n_116599.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Surrogacy on behalf of a presidential candidate can, on occasion, force a politician to deride his own past positions. Such was the case Sunday morning when McCain super-surrogate Lindsay Graham found himself <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/03/lindsey-graham-ss-flip/">trying to cover up</a> the Arizona Senator's admission that he will consider raising the payroll tax as a way of reforming Social Security. </p>

<p>"Senator McCain believes you cannot tax your way into Social Security solvency," said Graham. "If you want to deal with Social Security, you've got...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-08-11T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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