McCain Tells NEWS CENTER He Supports Robo Calls

(NEWS CENTER) -- In a satellite interview, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain told NEWS CENTER that he supports the robo calls that link Barack Obama and 1960s radical Bill Ayers.

The interview comes on the heels of former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama. In his endorsement, Powell said McCain's campaign has used negative tactics.

McCain said in the interview with NEWS CENTER that people need to know the truth about Obama, that he socializes with terrorists. He said the calls that Mainers are receiving are truthful and meant to inform.

McCain also told NEWS CENTER that although independent studies have shown that neither his nor Obama's plan to balance the budget would work, he is ready to look at the federal budget with a fine-toothed comb and cut out unnecessary spending. He said what sets him apart from the three previous Republicans presidents that also promised to balance the budget, Presidents George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, is that he isn't afraid to cut spending.

As for funding for LIHEAP, or Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, he said that the down or no votes for spending he had in the past 3 years were because the bills were attached to other items with which he did not agree. He said that he would fund LIHEAP and not let Americans go without what they need.