John McCain actually said...

the President's plan is talking about eliminating $500 billion in fraud, abuse, and waste, that I right now do not have a lot of confidence that we have the procedures in place to really significantly impact it.

Context

McCain expresses skepticism about the effectiveness of the President's plan to eliminate fraud and waste.

03/02/2010

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