GRANPA McCAIN TRIES TO GET OUT OF ONE HOLE, STEPS IN ANOTHER

The idiotic theory of trickle-down economics is still one of the main pillars of conservatism and in trying to explain his way out of his support of TARP, Granpa pisses on it.

Sen. John McCain: I was misled on bailout
by Dan Nowicki - Feb. 22, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

In response to criticism from opponents seeking to defeat him in the Aug. 24 Republican primary, the four-term senator says he was misled by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. McCain said the pair assured him that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program would focus on what was seen as the cause of the financial crisis, the housing meltdown.

"Obviously, that didn't happen," McCain said in a meeting Thursday with The Republic's Editorial Board, recounting his decision-making during the critical initial days of the fiscal crisis. "They decided to stabilize the Wall Street institutions, bail out (insurance giant) AIG, bail out Chrysler, bail out General Motors. . . . What they figured was that if they stabilized Wall Street - I guess it was trickle-down economics - that therefore Main Street would be fine."