claim: "i said two years ago that the fannie and freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: sep 17, 2008 ... "ask any american citizen who has been the victim of a bureaucrat or a  bureaucracy," mccain said. "i said two years ago that the fannie and freddie  thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it. and i have always  opposed greed of wall street and i know how we can fix this." ...
evidence_2: sep 6, 2012 ... exactly four years ago, during the early days of the financial crisis, the federal  government took control of mortgage financiers fannie mae and freddie mac  through a legal process called conservatorship. since then, the two companies  have required roughly $150 billion in taxpayer support to stay solvent, ...
evidence_3: nov 22, 2011 ... even this morning, november 22, 2011, a seemingly smart guy like joe kernan  was saying on cnbc's squawkbox, “when the losses at fannie and freddie  reach $200 billion... how can the 'deniers' say that fannie and freddie were  enablers for a lot of the housing crisis. when it gets up to that levels, how ...
evidence_4: we have a common friend, long-time washington observer who has said  congress, whenever faced with a crisis, has one of two responses: do nothing or  overreact. and in this ... the report of the special examination of fannie mae  issued by ofheo documents a number of very serious problems at fannie mae.  i will not ...
evidence_5: feb 17, 2009 ... newscaster: we learned today home foreclosures in the last three months-.  narrator: the story begins in the spring of 2008, after the housing bubble had  burst. newscaster: home prices were at a record high just two years ago.  narrator: wall street had gambled heavily on home mortgages ...