The McCain Mutiny

McCain said on the Sunday talk shows:

• STEPHANOPOULOS: So on taxes, are you a “read my lips” candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?
• MCCAIN: No new taxes I do not — in fact, I could see an argument if our economy continues to deteriorate for lower interest rates, lower tax rates and certainly decreasing corporate tax rates, which are the second-highest in the world, giving people the ability to write off depreciation in a year, elimination of the AMT. There’s a lot of things that I would think we should to relieve that burden, including, obviously, as we all know, simplification of the tax code.
• STEPHANOPOULOS: But under no circumstances would you increase taxes?
• MCCAIN: No.

But, this is what McCain said in April:

• CHRIS WALLACE: So…
• J. MCCAIN: So.
• WALLACE: … President McCain, no new taxes.
• J. MCCAIN: Of course not. I’ve never supported tax increases. I don’t support them now.
• WALLACE: And that’s a pledge that you would make over your four years.
• J. MCCAIN: I don’t take pledges. The fact is my record is very clear of opposition to tax increases. I oppose tax increases. I don’t take pledges.

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