Strangely, one of McCain’s advisor is stating that McCain was responsible for the creation of the Blackberry. Or maybe he meant that the commerce committee allowed for the prevalence of mobile communications devices, such as the Blackberry.
Pressed to provide an example of what McCain had accomplished on that committee, Holtz-Eakin said the senator did not have jurisdiction over financial markets, then he held up his Blackberry, telling reporters: “He did this.”
“Telecommunications of the United States, the premiere innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create,” Holtz-Eakin said. “And that’s what he did. He both regulated and deregulated the industry.”
I have to point out that RIM, although listed on a US exchange, is actually a Canadian company.
