"Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers."

The strange thing about said quote is that she did not make a gaffe while responding to questions. They are still not letting her answer questions (right?). Hopefully it was an ad lib, but is it possible that speechwriters gave her that line to say????? Is the McCain team permeated with incompetence on substantive issues?