Does John McCain want to export your job?

IN A number of states, Barack Obama is now running ads suggesting that John McCain favours exporting the jobs of, for instance, American flag weavers. I'm not kidding; here's one. That claim is about as likely as the assertion that Mr Obama wants school teachers talking dirty to kindergarteners. But apart from the absurd conclusion, the facts behind it make for an interesting topic of discussion. Mr Obama's ads cite Mr McCain's votes against an amendment put forward by Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, which would've closed a tax loophole and added administrative requirements for companies that move manufacturing overseas. The tax targeted by the Dorgan amendment is what John Kerry referred to in his 2004 campaign, when he claimed that taxpayers subsidise "Benedict Arnold corporations". (You can read Mr Dorgan's... [read full story]