He did say comething close to that. IIRC he saidthat economics was not his strong point (or something to that effect). Feeding frenzy.
Whoops should of kept reading
Right - McCain said it before the election, and Obama after.
Imagine if the situation were reversed - Obama spoke before the election, lost, and then President McCain said what he said two weeks after the swearing in.
And then compare the coverage this statement will receive to the (hypothetical) coverage in my scenario.
Maybe a long way to go to make a point, but there it is.