[img_assist|nid=2491|title=Maine RNC breakfast|desc=Dorcas Hardy speaks. Politicker photo.|link=none|align=left|width=225|height=169]MINNEAPOLIS -- John McCain can bring about the necessary reforms to government through changes like earmark reform and public financing, said surrogate Dorcas Hardy at a breakfast for the Maine and Vermont delegations Tuesday.
Hardy is a former commissioner of Social Security and a current president of a government relations firm.