Phil Gramm is officially gone from the McCain campaign, but not without a little whining of his own:

Former senator Phil Gramm announced last night that he has stepped down as cochairman of John McCain's presidential campaign to end the "distraction" caused by his remarks the nation was filled with "whiners" who complain about the economy.

"It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Senator McCain on important economic issues facing the country," Gramm said in a statement the McCain campaign issued. "That kind of distraction hurts not only Senator McCain's ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country's problems, it hurts the country."

However, even if he is gone from the campaign, MoveOn PAC doesn't want you to forget that Gramm's policies live on in McCain's economic platform.

McCain's campaign co-chair Phil Gramm had to step down because of controversy over his comment that we were in the middle of a "mental recession." But the truth is, John McCain threw Phil Gramm under the bus for saying, less artfully, what he himself has said repeatedly.