April 29, 2008

Even as John McCain and the Republican Party resort to baseless legal complaints and blatant distortions to avoid defending McCain's willingness to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years, new video emerged today that shows John McCain once "rejecting the very policy he urges today." McCain's campaign is arguing that he has not changed is view, and that he has always advocated a long-term troop presence in Iraq similar to that in Germany and South Korea. [Chicago Tribune, Swamp blog, 4/29/08] Full release

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement today after President Bush held a news conference to call on Democrats to work with Republicans to address our nation's economy and energy prices. Full release

In a new ad and a speech at the University of South Florida today, John McCain showed once again why his approach to health care is the wrong choice for America's future. McCain's speech was short on details, but where he did outline a plan for the future he primarily relied on recycled Bush proposals and flawed ideas that would do nothing to reduce the ranks of the uninsured or help America's working families find quality, affordable health care. Full release

Yesterday, Obama Pledged He's "Not Going To Go Around Doing Negative Ads": Obama: "Now, one of the things I'm proud of at the beginning of this campaign I said, this is a different time. This is an extraordinary time. We've got to run a different kind of campaign. So we're not going to go around doing negative ads. We're going to keep it positive. We're going to talk about the issues." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event In Wilson, NC, 4/28/08) Full release

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in advance of a news conference the President will hold this morning on the economy: "The American economy is in perilous condition. American families and businesses are stretched. We didn't get here overnight -- and we won't recover overnight. Our Recovery Rebates, going out to Americans this week and beyond, are a strong start. But they are not enough. Full release

In ruling on the constitutionality of Indiana's voter ID law -- the toughest in the nation -- the Supreme Court had to deal with the claim that such laws demanded the strictest of scrutiny by courts, because they could disenfranchise voters. All nine Justices rejected that argument... Full release

John McCain has said his comments on Iraq have been distorted and his cronies at the RNC have complained about the use of his statements in a new DNC television ad. In fact, that has not been the case -- McCain's own words prove the point. At a town hall meeting earlier this year, when asked if he agreed with Bush Administration comments that our troops could be in Iraq for 50 years, McCain responded "Maybe 100" and "that would be fine with me." [McCain Town Hall, Derry NH Opera House 1/3/2008] Full release

Truckers Protested High Fuel Prices Yesterday In Washington, D.C. "As angry truckers encircled the Capitol in a horn-blaring caravan and consumers across the country agonized over $60 fill-ups, the issue of high fuel prices flared on the campaign trail on Monday, sharply dividing the two Democratic candidates." (John M. Broder, "As Clinton Seeks Gas Tax Break For Summer, Obama Says No," The New York Times, 4/29/08) Full release

Health care costs rank among Americans' top personal economic problems, and their struggles to deal with those costs have affected both their financial well-being and their family's health care, a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds. Full release

Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement in observance of "Cover the Uninsured Week." "'Cover the Uninsured Week' is a time to reaffirm our commitment to access to quality, affordable health care for every American, including the 47 million who live in fear of even a minor illness because they lack health insurance." Full release

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