JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE
ARLINGTON, Va. -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new television ad, entitled "Outrageous," to run statewide in New Hampshire and in the Boston market. The new ad focuses on John McCain's commitment to ending wasteful pork-barrel spending in Washington.
John McCain, named a "Taxpayer Hero" by Citizens Against Government Waste, has led the fight against wasteful spending. Time Magazine said McCain has "spent his entire Senate career exposing wasteful pork-barrel projects" while National Journal called him a "longtime foe of pork-barrel spending."
Long before it was politically popular, John McCain was leading a tough and often lonely fight against pork-barrel spending and government waste. McCain was an original co-sponsor of the Line Item Veto more than a decade ago and routinely votes against irresponsible spending bills. McCain was one of only four senators to vote against the pork-laden Highway Bill that contained the infamous "bridge to nowhere."
As John McCain said in New Hampshire this weekend, "It's pretty clear that Senator Clinton is running for president to continue business as usual. I'm running for president to put the business as usual crowd out of business."
VIEW THE NEW AD HERE: http://www.johnmccain.com/tvads/
VIEW THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TR5079To9Y
Script for "Outrageous" (:30-TV)
ANNCR: 233 million for a bridge to nowhere.
Outrageous.
3 million to study the DNA of bears in Montana.
Unbelievable.
A million dollars for a Woodstock Museum -- in a bill sponsored by Hillary Clinton.
Predictable.
Who has the guts to stand up to wasteful government spending?
One man.
John McCain.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'll stop wasteful spending by Congress. And restore Americans' trust in their government.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.
John McCain Is A Longtime Opponent Of Pork-Barrel Spending
John McCain Named A Lifetime "Taxpayer Hero" By Citizens Against Government Waste. (Citizens Against Government Waste Website, www.cagw.org , Accessed 11/12/07)
In 2006, Pork Busters, A Collaboration Of Fiscal-Watchdog Groups, Labeled John McCain An "Anti-Pork Hero." (Porkbusters' Website, porkbusters.org , 5/4/06, Accessed 3/20/07)
Time Magazine: "[John McCain] has spent his entire Senate career exposing wasteful pork-barrel projects." (Massimo Calabresi and Perry Bacon Jr., "America's 10 Best Senators," Time, 4/24/06)
National Journal: "[McCain is] a longtime foe of pork barrel spending." (David Baumann, "Finding It Hard to Say No,'" National Journal, 7/13/02)
National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru: "[McCain] has been tough on spending, and been willing to ally with the most conservative members of the Senate to fight earmarks. He has been a stalwart free trader ... Curbing the growth of entitlements, he says, will be one of his top priorities as president. He has long supported personal accounts." (Ramesh Ponnuru, "The Coming McCain Moment," National Review, 3/9/07)
Former Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX): "To ask if he would really take on the spending establishment that runs Congress is to ask if water will wet, if fire will burn. If you want to end the spending spree in Washington, he is your man." (Phil Gramm, Op-Ed, "Why John McCain," The Wall Street Journal, 2/20/07)
Bob Novak: "If party leaders in Congress at long last heed McCain's counsel [on spending], it would mark the beginning of wisdom." (Robert Novak, Op-Ed, "Republican Blindness," The Washington Post, 11/9/06)
John McCain Has Routinely Voted Against Irresponsible Spending Bills
John McCain Was One Of Only Four Senators To Vote Against Pork-Laden Highway Bill Which Contained The Infamous "Bridge To Nowhere." (H.R. 3, CQ Vote #220: Adopted 91-4: R 48-4; D 42-0; I 1-0, 7/29/05, McCain Voted Nay)
· John McCain: "This monstrosity of a conference report which costs an astounding $286.4 billion is both terrifying in its fiscal consequences and disappointing for the lack of fiscal discipline it represents." (Sen. John McCain, "Statement Of Senator John McCain On Conference Report Accompanying H.R. 3, SAFETEA-LU," Press Release, 7/29/05)
John McCain Voted Against The FY 2004 Consolidated Appropriations Bill, Stuffed With Over $11 Billion In Pork-Barrel Spending. (H.R. 2673, CQ Vote #3: Adopted (Thus Cleared For The President) 65-28: R 44-4; D 21-23 (ND 14-22, SD 7-1); I 0-1 1/22/04, McCain Voted Nay)
· John McCain: "Americans have heard much about the growing problem of identity theft. Mr. President, what we have before us is perhaps the most costly case of identity theft imaginable. It appears that the big spenders in Washington have all but stolen the credit card numbers of every hard-working taxpayer in America and gone on a limitless spending spree for parochial, pork-barrel projects, leaving the taxpayers to pay and pay." (Sen. John McCain, "Statement Of Senator John McCain On The FY 04 Omnibus," Press Release, 1/22/04)
John McCain Voted Against The Medicare Prescription Drug Bill, Which Constituted The Largest Expansion In Entitlement Spending Since The Inception Of Medicare In 1965. (H.R. 1, CQ Vote #262: Passed 76-21: R 40-10; D 35-11; I 1-0, 6/27/03, McCain Voted Nay; H.R. 1, CQ Vote #459: Adopted 54-44: R 42-9; D 11-35; I 1-0, 11/25/03, McCain Voted Nay)
John McCain Has Long Fought For Line Item Veto
"In 1996, McCain Won A 10-Year Battle To Enact The Line-Item Veto, But The Supreme Court Declared The Law Unconstitutional Two Years Later." (Lorraine Woellert, "Searching For The Real McCain," Newsweek, 11/22/99)
2006: John McCain Was Original Co-Sponsor Of Legislative Line Item Veto Act Of 2006. (S. 2381, Introduced 3/7/06)
2006: John McCain Introduced Separate Enrollment and Line Item Veto Act of 2006. (S. 2443, Introduced 3/16/06)
John McCain: "Give the President the same authority that 43 Governors use in their States: the right to reach into massive appropriation bills, pare away the waste, and enforce budget discipline. Let's approve the line-item veto." (Sen. John McCain, "McCain Statement On Line Item Veto Bill," Press Release, 3/16/06).
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