McCain’s campaign co-chair Phil Gramm had to step down because of controversy over his comment that we were in the middle of a “mental recession.” But the truth is, John McCain threw Phil Gramm under the bus for saying, less artfully, what he himself has said repeatedly.
And like Runsfeld and Bush, McCain too needs a "magic wand". Then, if we just believe, all those serious concerns like the state of the economy that are "all in our heads" would vanish!
Or perhaps the pharmaceutical industry could be instructed to pass around rations of soma.