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Washington Whispers by Paul Bedard

Gas Tax Holiday at GOP Convention?

May 09, 2008 03:34 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

Sen. John McCain's proposal to suspend the federal gas tax as prices jump might make it into the Republican Party national platform at the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, we hear. It's a lock if Sen. Barack Obama, who scoffs that it won't save much, is the Democratic nominee.

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McCain is an idiot

McCain will be an idiot if he proposes to suspend the gas tax (which funds infrastructure improvements) in the Twin Cities where the I-35 Bridge collapsed due to shoddy maintenance. This is pandering and everyone knows it. It didn't work for Clinton and it definitely will not work for McCain.

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