Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 4:55 PM Pacific

McCain has been for Social Security privatization all along

Somehow I missed this video from TPM on McCain's lies about Social Security privatization -- but it really is incredible.

First, McCain supported privatization -- he said that Social Security would collapse without privatization.

Then, he said anyone who had accused him of having ever supported privatization was a liar.

The curious thing is that this wasn't a flip-flop, at least not substantively. McCain has held the same position in favor of Social Security privatization all along.

As TPM's video shows, however, he's changed how he describes it. Positively Orwellian.

Whatever your views on Social Security privatization, shouldn't John McCain tell the truth instead of making up new words to describe his policy views?

By the way, I opposed Social Security privatization -- relative to GDP, Social Security spending has been far more stable than most pundits admit and eliminating poverty among senior citizens is a good thing.