We asked the campaign of former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), who is challenging Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in the Republican primary, for comment on McCain’s statement on Meet The Press that Americans were “misled” on the TARP bailout, and that it wasn’t known beforehand that the money would be going to firms on Wall Street. Their answer: McCain “simply claims that he was a patsy.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=129958