McCain preparing to place the blame of the financial crisis where it truly belongs starting tomorrow night.

The gang over at Restate obtained a statement today from the McCain camp stating they will be going nuclear on the Democrats that were actually responsible for the collapse of Fannie and Freddie as well as the Democrats that tried to obstruct the regulator from doing his job. McCain should have done this from day one, but better late then never. Finally it looks like he realized that kumbaya politics won't work. Obama has been enjoying a bump in the polls thanks to falsely placing the blame for the economic mess on McCain via Bush. It looks like the McCain folks finally figured out what is going on. This is just a sample of what is going to be coming out very soon.

enator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed. But the truth is I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could have helped prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.

Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and his Democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in. As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been, quote, “a good idea.” Well, Senator Obama, that “good idea” has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

To hear him talk now, you’d think he’d always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign. He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them. Did he ever talk to the executives at Fannie and Freddie about these reckless loans? Did he ever discuss with them the stronger oversight I proposed? If Senator Obama is such a champion of financial regulation, why didn’t he support these regulations that could have prevented this crisis in the first place? He won’t tell you, but you deserve an answer.

I hope that Palin echos the same as well. Since tomorrow night's debate format favors McCain being the Townhall format, it will be very nice to see Obama on the defensive trying desperately to defend his party but also his connections to Franklin Raines.