See and Hear Joe the Plumber

—By Jonathan Stein

| Wed Oct. 15, 2008 8:47 PM PDT

Here's why John McCain knew about Joe Wurzelbacher, now known to the world as Joe the plumber, in tonight's debate: Joe was interviewed on Fox News Tuesday. He doesn't much care for Barack Obama's tax plan and is already a mini-celebrity on the right-wing blogs. Here's the video:

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