From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
McCain slammed economic adviser Phil Gramm for his “mental recession” and “nation of whiners” comment. He said he didn’t agree with him and even proposed a position in a McCain administration – ambassador to Belarus, “though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that,” McCain said.

“I don’t agree with Sen. Gramm,” McCain said at a news conference this afternoon. “I believe that the person here in Michigan who just lost their job, isn’t suffering from a ‘mental recession.’ The mother here who is trying to get enough money to feed her children, isn’t ‘whining.’” 

“Phil Gramm doesn’t speak for me, I speak for me. I strongly disagree,” McCain continued, speaking of the man who some speculated could be Treasury Secretary in a McCain administration.
 
McCain has used the word “psychological” to describe on the country’s problems, leaving some to connect dots. But McCain rebuffed that and Obama’s mocking criticism, calling Gramm a “Dr. Phil” that’s not needed for this economy.

“You’re talking about Dr. Phil,” McCain said, adding about Obama, “He’s Dr. No. He’s Dr. No on energy. McCain then ticked off the energy proposals in which he and Obama disagree on implementing. “My response is I speak for me. … He’s Dr. No.”
 
On Gramm having been described as one of the top economic advisers or the potential for him serving in a McCain cabinet, McCain had other ideas.
 
“I think Sen. Gramm would be in serious consideration for ambassador of Belarus,” McCain said, “though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that.

The U.S. ambassador to Belarus actually had to “temporarily” vacate her post in Minsk in March over what Belarus said were new U.S. economic sanctions against the country — something which U.S. officials deny even exist.

Source: MSNBC