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Romney: "I Haven't Heard Senator McCain Say He Was Wrong"
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ABC News' Matt Stuart reports: Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney continued his criticism of Sen. John McCain's vote against the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts while campaigning in Tuftonboro, N.H.
At a small house party among many friends (Romney owns a summer house in the area), Romney once again went after McCain saying, "Senator McCain voted twice not to go along with the Bush tax cuts."
Romney added that Sen McCain argued at the time that "he didn't want tax cuts for the rich. That sounds like Ted Kennedy and John Kerry."
When speaking with reporters after the event, Romney was asked by ABC News about his comments on NBC's "Meet The Press" in which he said about his 2005 change from pro-choice to pro-life, "If you're looking for someone who's never changed any positions on any policies, them I'm not your guy," and if he should therefore judge the Arizona senator based on his current support of making the tax cuts permanent.
Romney tried to suggest this was a pattern for McCain saying, "He's also voted against making the death tax eliminated on a permanent basis." Romney suggested that this situation differed from his own change on abortion in that, "It was not just a discussion about taxes and tax cuts. It was a vote."
In a sign of how heated the race in New Hampshire has become just 17 days away from the primary, Romney made a rare visit to the press bus to argue that he has said he was wrong on the issue of abortion before 2005. "[Sen. McCain] has not said he is wrong. He has not said he should have voted for them when he didn't and now he's for making them permanent That's terrific, but he voted against them."
The McCain campaign responded with a statement from McCain's N.H. Vice Chair Rep. Chuck Douglas.
"From his claims of being a 'lifelong hunter' to receiving the NRA's endorsement to marching with Martin Luther King, Jr., it's clear that Mitt Romney has trouble with the truth. His latest attacks are yet another example of his complete inability to level with the voters of New Hampshire. The facts are clear: Romney refused to endorse the Bush tax cuts he now claims to champion, maybe because he was too busy raising taxes in Massachusetts by over $700 million per year -- more than any other state in his first year in office..." Douglas said.
December 22, 2007 in Hunter, Duncan, Palin, Sarah | Permalink | User Comments (1)
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McCain is one of those politician should kick out of the White House if he doesn't know how to be a Senator.
Posted by: kmjjp | Dec 22, 2007 4:37:55 PM
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