McCain and Obama push same spending ideas after meltdown
(NEWSER) - Though John McCain and Barack Obama are both on board with the White House's $700-billion scheme to bail out Wall Street, they're both still pushing economic plans crafted before the crisis, and likely to be scuttled by it, the Washington Post reports. Although the fiscal situation is, in the words of a former Clinton adviser, “dramatically deteriorated,” neither candidate is taking advantage of the chance to overhaul his plans. More»