unexpected honesty from McCain campaign

McCain Campaign "Unleashed An October Surprise Of Straight Talk" - Oops

In a stunning reversal of their usual campaign tactics, today John McCain's senior economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin told the truth about John McCain's signature health care tax credit:

Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn't abandon their company-sponsored plans, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior economic policy adviser.

"Why would they leave?" said Holtz-Eakin. "What they are getting from their employer is way better than what they could get with the credit."

The Obama campaign responded:

This morning, the McCain campaign’s top economic policy advisor unleashed an October Surprise of straight talk when he finally admitted that the health insurance people currently get from their employer is ‘way better’ than the health care they would get if John McCain becomes President. ... Senator McCain has been trying to cover this up for months, but his advisor’s brutal honesty today is certainly better late than never, and it should give every American pause about electing a candidate who has proposed such radical and dangerous changes to our health care system.

(Daily Kos)