What John McCain said:

Republican John McCain said Sunday that cutting taxes and stimulating the economy are more important than balancing the budget…

What John McCain was actually thinking (if that word can be applied to McCain without committing a linguistic offense):

Getting elected is more important than fixing the economy or balancing the budget. Or anything else, for that matter. I’ll do anything to be president, anything! I’ll stimulate anybody with anything—anytime, anywhere. Just call me for a good time. (Does that make me sound like too much of a whore? Nah! There’s no such thing when you’re running for president.)

To hell with our children and grandchildren. Besides, if they have any sense, they won’t pay for our overspending, they’ll just pass on the bill to their children and grandchildren. Hey, in fact, nobody has to ever tighten their belt and raise taxes or cut back spending to the level necessary to generate the budget surplus needed to pay off the national debt, do they? Didn’t some great economic philosopher propound this thesis years ago? Ponce? Pondi? Something like that. Better look him up, maybe they gave him a Nobel prize. Whatever they gave him, I can quote him in my speeches. Make myself look good.

What no one has asked John McCain yet:

You declared on Sunday:

And (Obama) obviously doesn’t understand the economy because history shows every time you cut capital gains taxes, revenues have increased, going back to Jack Kennedy.

So if cutting taxes increases revenue, Senator, why don’t you just tell America that cutting taxes will balance the budget?

(McCain also “thinks” that “a hundred million Americans have investments in (the capital gains tax)”. Or, frankly, it’s impossible to figure out what John McCain is actually saying—as impossible as it ever was with George Bush the elder or younger. Maybe McCain “thinks” that a hundred million Americans have investments in mutual funds, 401ks, policemen, firemen and nurses.)