Gramm-pa McCain: Did I say "balance the budget" in 4 years? Psyche!

By GottaLaff

The video is from September 22, 2008:

HARWOOD: Would you concede, then, that you could not achieve your goal of balancing the budget in your first term with this huge bailout added?

MCCAIN: I believe we can still balance the budget.

October 20, 2008, adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin:

“The events of the past few months have completely thrown a wrench into that, there’s no way round it. He would still like to balance it. It’s going to be harder, take longer,” said Holtz-Eakin at a debate with his Democratic counterpart at Columbia University in New York.

But wait! IWRC* Palin didn't get the memo. October 20, 2008:

Gov. Sarah Palin said that McCain would still balance the budget by the end of his first term.

The word "erratic" comes to mind.