1.0 link 130729 <![CDATA[McCain Urges Bush To Spend $1 Trillion On Bailout -- Without Congressional Approval]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/mccain-urges-bush-to-spen_n_130729.html I'm not making this up. John McCain today urged the Bush Administration -- on more than one occasion -- to immediately and uniliterally spend $1 trillion buying up home mortgages.

I was watching live when he made the proposal this morning, and it seemed like such a staggeringly insane idea that I assumed he couldn't be serious. He couldn't think that Bush should just spend $1 trillion without asking Congress for permission...could he?

But then I saw his economic adviser try...

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