John McCain's campaign is moving swiftly to disavow a claim this morning by economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin that, as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, the senator helped create the BlackBerry.



Matt McDonald, a top McCain aide, said the candidate "laughed" upon hearing Holtz-Eakin's claim.



"He would not claim to be the inventor of anything, much less the BlackBerry," McDonald said. "This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer," McDonald said.

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