QUOTE OF THE DAY….From John McCain spokesman Taylor Griffin, distancing the campaign from remarks about Social Security made by the almost comically gaffe-prone Carly Fiorina:
“The lesson of history is that too many specifics at this point polarize the debate, that is the argument Carly was trying to make.”
Uh huh. Mark Kleiman translates: “If we told the retirees how completely we plan to shaft them, they might not vote for us.”
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