John McCain actually said...

"You have obviously legally taken advantage of a number of aspects of the Tax Code, both foreign and domestic, and that has reduced the tax burden..."

"Our job and your job as designers of tax systems is to try and find a way that, while allowing business to do its business, we are taxing income in a way that least disturbs the pre-tax economic decis..."

"So permanent drastic reduction of the corporate tax rate, it seems to me, following your argument, would be the answer."

"Should there be a permanent incentive to bring that money home? Or should we have just a one-shot deal to say you can have--if you bring it home within the next year or two, you can have a 5-percent o..."