Substance, At Last

I'm grateful to John McCain today for giving us something substantive to talk about. At last.

John McCain is making an economic speech today at Carnegie Mellon University. Read it. He has some ideas. The best one is the most obvious and the one I've been waiting for someone to suggest. He wants to drop the Federal gas tax between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Simple, effective. McCain wins on this one. As he mentions, it is a true stimulus rebate, because those few dollars saved at each fill-up go right back into the economy as discretionary spending by citizens and reduced costs for everything that gets transported by trucks.

McCain also talked to the AP yesterday. His comments, which you can see in the webcast on this site, showcase everything that McCainiacs love about this guy. Watch the first part of the video, especially his comments on his relationship with the press. It's good stuff.

Whenever I see politicians moving away from politics and simply laying out what they believe, I'm always impressed. It's when they get bogged down in the negative games that it all becomes such a turn off.

Thanks to McCain for taking 24 hours off from the jive to actually present some ideas that we can discuss.