YES, McCAIN IS LIKE BUSH

And that comes from McCain's allies, not his enemies. Here are two, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Mark Sanford, the latter a possible VP for McCain.

June 8, 2008:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me bring Senator Graham back in on this because you brought up two. You said the tax policy and the health care policy were essentially, Senator Graham, John McCain is calling for an extension or maybe enhancement of the Bush policies.

GRAHAM: Yeah, absolutely.

July 13, 2008:

BLITZER: Are there any significant economic differences between what the Bush administration has put forward over these many years as opposed to now what John McCain supports?

SANFORD: Um, yeah. For instance, take, you know, take, for instance, the issue of -- I'm drawing a blank, and I hate it when I do that, particularly on television.