In a weird episode of how things change, David Corn writes about the 2000 presidential election when John McCain was loudly accused of class warfare and redistribution of wealth. Sound familiar? Here are the candidate’s words from 2000:

Sixty percent of the benefits from [Bush’s] tax cuts go to the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans–and that’s not the kind of tax relief that Americans need….I don’t believe the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans should get 60 percent of the tax breaks. I think the lowest 10 percent should get the breaks….I’m not giving tax cuts for the rich.

I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief.