McCain On the Economy

How is it that John McCain couldn't be bothered to personally issue a statement on the financial markets situation and found himself letting Doug Holtz-Eakin do it for him? He does understand that if he's elected president he needs to do all the parts of the president's job and not just the "let's start some more wars" stuff he happens to be most interested in, right?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/03/-strike-mccain-strike-on-the-economy/43855/