You Go, Boy!

Larry Kudlow, at National Review, has a post lauding McCain's position on shoring up Fannie & Freddie - McCain is against the practice of bailing out non-government instititions who screw up:

Americans should be outraged at the latest sweetheart deal in Washington. Congress will put U.S. taxpayers on the hook for potentially hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It's a tribute to what these two institutions — which most Americans have never heard of — have bought with more than $170-million worth of lobbyists in the past decade.

This is vintage McCain.

We are stuck with the reality that they have grown so large that we must support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through the current rough spell. But if a dime of taxpayer money ends up being directly invested, the management and the board should immediately be replaced, multimillion dollar salaries should be cut, and bonuses and other compensation should be eliminated. They should cease all lobbying activities and drop all payments to outside lobbyists. And taxpayers should be first in line for any repayments.

Amen, brother, amen.

Oh, Obama? THAT'S what a PRESIDENT sounds like. Decisive. Unafraid of the consequences.