I guess I kind of disagree. He is certainly saying 9-9-9 a lot when he has the opportunity. So he is painting himself with the 999 brush. But I don't think that locks us, or the country into 999 at all. Politicians say all kinds of things when they campaign. Thank God he hasn't “promised” anything about 999. Very few campaign promises come to pass. Remember Obama’s number one task was going to be closing Gitmo. Then lo and behold, once he was made privy to top secret information, he changed his tune about dangerous people in Gitmo. (Still laughing at that one!)
So Cain can say 999 all he wants... it doesn't mean it's going to come to pass. Right?
Your are absolutely right. 999 probably won’t come to pass. But what will happen is that Cain will wear the 999 plan like a millstone around his neck during the general election campaign and I question if he can win with this centerpiece of his campaign.
The Left will never let him off it and it is something they can easily manipulate as demonstrated in this article and the response to it on FR.