Former S.D. U.S. Senator Tom Daschle is one of the featured celebrity Democrats in a new DNC piece hitting Sen. John McCain hard in “Maverick No More.”

Tom’s statement in the video:

Senator Tom Daschle: “On Iraq, on the economy, on tax policy, on domestic policy, across the board. He is espousing the Bush policies. He’s changed a lot since 2001.”

As the DNC notes:

“John McCain a maverick? The John McCain of 2000 wouldn’t even consider voting for the John McCain of 2008. The American people are learning that the John McCain of 2008 represents more of the same failed policies we’ve gotten from George Bush for the past eight years. Senator McCain is clearly in the tank for Exxon and big oil, for keeping our troops stuck in Iraq for decades to come, and for an economic policy that puts tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations above relief for hardworking families. John McCain has changed: he’s taken the low road, leveling false, negative and misleading attacks against Barack Obama. John McCain is no more a maverick within the Republican Party than Dick Cheney is. He’s just more of the same.”

And the video:


Indeed. I liked the 2000 John McCain. The 2008 version, not as much.

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