His chief adviser says yes. He calls the Blackberry a “miracle John McCain helped create.” But as Nick Beaudrot points out, that’s sort of an odd argument given that the Blackberry was developed by Research in Motion, a Canadian company. Indeed, it remains an odd argument if you take the kind interpretation and assume Holtz-Eakin was talking about the regulatory environment McCain helped craft. The Blackberry was developed in a different country with a different regulatory environment.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.