On MSNBC this afternoon, The New York Times' John Harwood noted that John McCain vowed yesterday to "balance the budget by the end of his first term," and asked Sen. Dick Durbin: "You don't believe him?" Durbin responded, "It's voodoo two," referring to the term "voodoo economics," which former President George H.W. Bush used to deride former President Reagan's supply-side tax policies.
Durbin continued: "It's a rerun of what we've heard before -- that if you just keep cutting taxes, everything is going to work out." Watch it:
For more on McCain's empty promises to balance the budget, read Adam's post on today's Tribune editorial.
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