While the rest of the party fixates on the Clinton v. Obama deathmatch, CAP's Wonk Room has been doing quietly doing the spadework on McCain's actual proposals. The results aren't pretty. His tax plan, in particular, deserves recognition for being literally more regressive than Bush's, and blowing an even larger hole in the budget. To dramatize the point, the good folks at CAP have created a nice little graphic showing the difference between what McCain -- a self-proclaimed budget hawk -- wants to cut, and how much he actually makes up:
I mean, give the guy credit, that's almost a tenth of the way there. Which is like (carry the two, ignore the one, forget the decimal point), I don't know, just about there, right? Surely enough to be called a deficit hawk, and to have the media credulously relay your intent to balance the budget.
I mean, give the guy credit, that's almost a tenth of the way there. Which is like (carry the two, ignore the one, forget the decimal point), I don't know, just about there, right? Surely enough to be called a deficit hawk, and to have the media credulously relay your intent to balance the budget. 
