McCain’s mistake: Putting economic issues on the front-burner

John McCain recently acknowledged, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” That’s a perfectly accurate self-assessment, but the Republican presidential hopeful is in a bit of a jam â€" he hoped to ride into the White House merely by being wrong about Iraq. Now that the economy is the top issue on voters’ minds, McCain has no choice but to at least pretend like he cares about the issue and has a clue as to what he’s talking about. Yesterday, then, was a big