WASHINGTON - John McCain continued to laud his running mate, Sarah Palin, as a budget cutter on Friday, this time erroneously asserting that as governor of Alaska she had not sought congressional earmarks for her state.
In fact, while Palin has significantly reduced the state's earmark requests, she asked for nearly $200 million in targeted spending for the 2009 fiscal year. And in an interview with ABC News aired Friday, she defended her earmark requests, emphasizing that she opposed "earmark abuse."
McCain, an ardent foe of spending provisions that individual members of Congress get to insert into legislation, said Palin would reform government and specifically mentioned curbing federal spending for earmarks.
Appearing on the ABC television show "The View," McCain was pressed on her record of seeking such targeted money for Alaska. "Not as governor she didn't," McCain said....
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