The Note: 'A Simple Mistake'?McCain Changes Mortgage Plan, Gives Obama New Opening

[cal04]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1

John McCain was hoping that the mortgage buy-up plan that he offered during Tuesday's debate could help separate him from President Bush while also differentiating himself from Barack Obama. It now appears, however, that he may have given the Obama campaign a new opening.

Politico's Mike Allen reports that from Tuesday to Wednesday McCain changed his mortgage buy-up plan, making it "more generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers."

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"It's another example of John McCain's erratic response to the economic crisis," Obama communications directions director Dan Pfeiffer tells ABC News.

Pfeiffer advises that Obama will respond to McCain's mortgage plan on the campaign trail, and the campaign is launching a new television ad.

"Who wins?" asks the narrator in Obama's new ad.

[central scrutinizer]

1. what would you expect from a campaign run by lobbyists?

[amborin]

2. i just posted that exact thing:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7382844&mesg_id=7382844>

[truthisfreedom]

3. The Erratic Maverick strikes again.

[Beetwasher]

4. WTF Were They Thinking? Worst. Campaign. Ever.

Did they seriously think no one would notice? :shrug:

[Alter Ego]

5. Good! Excellent!

This is not just ammo for Obama, but it's ammo that's entirely relevant to the current economic mess--and voters WANT to hear more about that.

[SmokingJacket]

6. What, did McCain just think of it on stage?

I kind of think he did.

Kind of like he woke up one morning, puzzling over Mitt or Huckabee, and suddenly thought, Hey, how about that Alaska woman?!

[SuperTrouper]

7. Even reptilian Tucker Bounds could not defend it

[central scrutinizer]

8. another trial balloon

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[Cha]

9. Rec'd! Toadstool does it

again.