On this day in 1789 George Washington leaves his home of Mt. Vernon to travel to New York for the country's first presidential inauguration. Before leaving, Washington addressed a crowd, asking "at my age what possible advantages [could I gain] from public life?" On to today's top stories:

"McCain Reverses Position to Support Bush Tax Cuts" (Laura Meckler, Wall Street Journal) It's a position McCain held early in the Bush administration when he opposed the president's tax cuts. Yesterday McCain outlined a economic proposal that included making the tax cuts permanent and even adding a few more.

"With Clock Running Out, Debate Looms Large" (Carrie Budoff Brown, The Politico) Hard to believe it's been six weeks since we've seen Obama and Hillary debate the minutiae of their health-care proposals. But it's back, baby!

"Fight Leaves Democrats Questioning Prospects" (Jeff Zeleny, New York Times) As we've seen with other gaffes, Obama's most recent one seems to have done more to entrench voters' already formed views. The real problem for Obama will come during the general election, when we'll see many of these issues make a comeback.

"Obama's Claim of Independence Questioned" (Ken Dilanian, USA Today) This whole business of not taking corporate money was a bit of stretch from the beginning, since it all depended on how you defined corporate. Clinton is hitting back against Obama, and is getting some help from outside non-partisan groups like FactCheck.org.

"Clinton Sketches First 100 days, Obama Vows to Help Workers" (David Espo, Associated Press) Essentially Hillary's first "100 Days" would entail ending almost everything the left hates about the current administration, from executive signing statements to closing Guantanamo.

"Poll Shows Erosion Of Trust in Clinton" (Anne Kornblut and Jon Cohen, Washington Post) Despite Obama's recent rhetorical gaffes, Clinton is losing the trust of voters, a majority of whom now view her as dishonest. Usually presidents are viewed as dishonest after a couple years in office, not before they're president.

"Obama Works on Appeal to Working-Class Voters" (Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune) Of course, Obama has some work to do with voters as well, certainly with blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania.

"Lieberman Willing to Star at Republican Convention" (Manu Raju, The Hill) There's nothing like defections in politics. Although a Lieberman appearance at the GOP convention wouldn't be much of a surprise, it would certainly infuriate Democrats.

"Bloggers Find Something Fishy In McCain Site's 'Family Recipes'" (Michael Shear, Washington Post) Recipe-gate? Rachel-Ray-gate? Discover what mischief those pesky bloggers are up to now.

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