Wall Street Journal:

Sen. Obama’s proposal will modernize our current system of employer- and government-provided health care, keeping what works well, and making the investments now that will lead to a more efficient medical system.

In contrast, Sen. McCain, who constantly repeats his no-new-taxes promise on the campaign trail, proposes a big tax hike as the solution to our health-care crisis. His plan would raise taxes on workers who receive health benefits, with the idea of encouraging their employers to drop coverage. A study conducted by University of Michigan economist Tom Buchmueller and colleagues published in the journal Health Affairs suggests that the McCain tax hike will lead employers to drop coverage for over 20 million Americans.

Bob Herbert:

A study coming out Tuesday from scholars at Columbia, Harvard, Purdue and Michigan projects that 20 million Americans who have employment-based health insurance would lose it under the McCain plan.

A new ad from Obama campaign quoting McCain’s opposition to equal pay bill: “[Women] need the education and training.”

Biden responds to McCain’s “the fundamentals of the economy are strong” :

Ladies and gentlemen, I could walk from here to Lansing, and I wouldn’t run into a single person who thought our economy was doing well, unless I ran into John McCain.

What McCain really meant was that if you lose count of how many houses you own than the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

“Cousin John, where did you go?” an article from McCain’s relative, Adam Vaulx Boles:

So, where is the straight-talking, commonsense John McCain of 2000? I’m afraid he is long gone, replaced by a desperate version of himself who seems to contradict nearly everything he once stood for.

What becomes apparent in his ideological about-face is just how out of touch McCain really is with America’s working families.

In a time when the country is facing the worst housing crisis in the memory of most Americans, McCain couldn’t even recall how many homes he owns. When asked how many homes my side of the family owns, I can answer you pretty quickly. Zero.

He concludes:

My parents, John, need some help after the economic destruction Bush has wrought in the last eight years, but it’s clear you’re not the one who’ll give it to us. America’s working families no longer recognize you, nor does your own.

A modest proposal:

Cigarettes kill individuals, but lying political ads hurt the whole country… If you run a political ad that proves to be a lie, your network will pay a steep fine, and the advertiser will pay an even steeper one.

Fair enough. Though I have to thank the dishonest ads to help me see who I should not vote for.

An ad from Obama’s campaign hits McCain on his “Honor.”

Last time, CNN‘s Campbell Brown grilled Tucker Bounds on Palin’s experience. This time, Fox News‘s Megyn Kelly grilled the dude again on false tax claims. That’s right. Obama doesn’t raise tax on the middle class.

AP:

Alan Greenspan says the country can’t afford tax cuts of the magnitude proposed by Republican presidential contender John McCain — at least not without a corresponding reduction in government spending.

“Unless we cut spending, no,” the former Federal Reserve chairman said Friday when asked about McCain’s proposed tax cuts, pegged in some estimates at $3.3 trillion.

“I’m not in favor of financing tax cuts with borrowed money,” Greenspan said during an interview with Bloomberg Television. “I always have tied tax cuts to spending.”

Dan Charnas has a good point: “This election isn’t about Obama. It’s about the people Obama represents.” So if you haven’t register to vote, please do it. I have my registration card right on my hand.