Where were you for 26 years?

Where have you been Senator Obama?

All Chicago pols are still in office. You endorsed them. You gave earmarks to some of them. You didn’t even try to change dirty politics in Chicago. You joined them and they helped you get to where you are today.

“Where Have You Been for 26 Years?” John Podhoretz – 09.05.2008 – 4:11 PM

This was the question asked by Barack Obama today of John McCain, directly attacking McCain’s claim to be an agent of change. I don’t really understand why he’s going down this road, since McCain can answer, quite easily, “Here’s where I have been. I changed campaign-finance law. I changed telecommunications law. I took on the tobacco companies when other Republicans wouldn’t. I took on the cable companies when they wouldn’t let people choose what channels they might want to watch. I saw a standoff in the Senate on confirming judges and I changed a standoff into a bipartisan agreement. I took on the earmarks and the Bridge to Nowhere and the breaks for oil companies you, Obama, voted for in 2005. And I helped change the war in Iraq from a defeat into what appears to be a victory. Where have you been for 26 years?”