From Joe Klein:

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and current chief McCain economic advisor, is an honest man–which means he’s something of a liability on the Straight Talk Express. A few months ago, he admitted to my colleague, Michael Scherer, that Barack Obama’s economic plan would reduce taxes for most people. And now, in a forthcoming book by Fortune columnist Matt Miller, he makes it clear that the next President is going to have to raise taxes. “If you do nothing on the spending side, you’re going to have to raise taxes whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or a Martian,” he tells Miller…and then he immediately makes it clear that the “spending side” part of the argument is nothing more than a political fig-leaf.

More here.  Holtz-Eakin used to be Director of the CBO, so he’s used to brushing aside Party lines and telling it like it is.  He would be great to have in any administration–maybe he’ll work for Obama when all is said and done?

I just heard that Doug Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s top economic adviser, had to cancel a speaking engagement at Brookings in order to babysit Sarah Palin because she knows nothing about the economy. The McCain team must be loving this VP pick.