AHC: McCain elected in ‘08, more successful than Obama in terms of jobs, economy, banks, etc.

And one key lesson with Obamacare is that people really objected to having a lot of complicated shit foisted on them. Now, if it’s like fantasy baseball or online poker of a person’s own choosing, that’s a different. But foisted on a person, people really kick at it.

If McCain knew this going in, and I think a conservative is more likely to know this,

Well, a response to a national crisis which is more straightforward and understandable is also likely to be more popular.
 
He might say: "If we have to save a bank with more taxpayer money than it's currently worth at the stock market*, we could as well nationalize it. That's not stealing, it's giving them a damn good deal."

* Definitely not impossible, no matter how weird this sounds.
 
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