McCain Says He No Longer Objects To Earmarks, Just The ‘Process’»

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has repeatedly pledged that if elected president, he “will veto every bill with earmarks.” But in recent months, McCain has slipped further and further away from that promise:

– After ThinkProgress pointed out that military housing and aid to Israel, McCain said that he would make an exception for certain projects.

– On April 24, McCain backtracked from his sweeping pledge, saying he would now judge spending cuts “on the basis of need.”

– McCain has repeatedly used earmark-funded projects and venues as backdrops to his campaign events.

Yesterday, McCain held a health care event at the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA. While there he met Mary, a woman with ovarian cancer who was treated “in a $80 million clinical trial program funded by an earmark.” Confronted with this “human face of earmark spending,” McCain again backed away from his campaign rhetoric:

McCain praised the woman’s treatment and later said some earmarks were clearly worthy.

“It’s the process I object to,” McCain told reporters. “We need to start over from scratch.” <…>

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/01/mccain-earmark-hospi/

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