On the recordJuly 26, 2011
That is not fair to the American people to hold out and say, we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. It's unfair. It's bizarro.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn McCain: “That is not fair to the American people to hold out and say, we won't agree to raising the debt limit until we pass a…”
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McCain criticizes the strategy of delaying the debt limit increase until a balanced budget amendment is passed.
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