McCain's "Socialism" Charge

McCain’s “Socialism” Charge

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted October 22, 2008 at 12:00am

socialist epithet
have gained about $600 billion
Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears weekly in CQ Politics on Wednesday

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