Obama ad: McCain Favored Abolishing Department Of Education

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Flashback: McCain Favored Abolishing Department Of Education
By Greg Sargent - September 9, 2008, 11:57AM

In Obama's ad hitting McCain on education this morning, there's this throwaway line:

"He even proposed abolishing the Department of Education."

What's the basis for this charge? It turns out that in December of 1994, McCain said: "I would certainly favor doing away with the Department of Energy and I think that given the origins of the Department of Education, I would favor doing away with it as well."

Here's the full context of a CNN interview on December 11, 1994 (via Nexis), when Newt-mania was gripping the land:

FRANK SESNO: Senator McCain, would you favor doing away with the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Department of Energy?

Sen. JOHN McCAIN: I would certainly favor doing away with the Department of Energy and I think that given the origins of the Department of Education, I would favor doing away with it as well. HUD had experienced many failures under both Republican and Democrat administrations and I would certainly want to revamp it from the bottom up, because, clearly, public housing in America is almost as big a disaster as the welfare program...

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/flashback_mccain_called_for_do.php

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2. I Wish O Ads Would Get A Scarier Voice

McCain is running far more ads in CO - and it's that real ugly one with the "chants" and "dangerous liberals in congress" - the voice is enough to scare people into submission

Obama ads are just too nice in spite of taking a more attack approach. Rarely use McCain's own voice and same monotone voice on every spot.

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3. Yup...too nice is bad for Obama.

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