BLITZER: Are there any significant economic differences between what the Bush administration has put forward, over these many years, as opposed to, now, what John McCain supports?
SANFORD: Yes. I mean, for instance, take, you know -- take, for instance, the issue of -- I'm drawing a blank, and I hate it when I do that, particularly on television.
SANFORD: But take, for instance, the contrast on NAFTA. I mean, I think that the bigger issue is credibility in where one is coming from on, are they consistent where they come from.
John McCain has consistently stood against earmarks throughout his tenure in the United States Senate. Regrettably, the president has not been exactly busy with the veto pen on earmarks. I mean, there's just one contrast alone. It's particularly relevant...
BLITZER: Let me get back to -- you raised the issue of NAFTA. I don't see -- he's a huge supporter of free trade, John McCain. The Bush administration supports free trade. I don't see a big difference between the two of them on NAFTA.
SANFORD: No, I was going to go to a point -- I was going to go to a point which is, what you would want is consistency with regard to that position.
What I think is more relevant is Obama had said during the primary process we've got to go ahead and redraw NAFTA, and now his comments have been much more tepid post-primary about well, maybe...
BLITZER: That's a major difference between Obama and the president, but as far as NAFTA is concerned, McCain and Bush are on the same page.
SANFORD: They are, for free trade.
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