Phil Graham did not resign from McCain campaign because of his remarks about "nation of whiners".
He made the remarks to create a pretext to resign----hust as Rev Pfluger made the crazy talk at Obama's church so that Obama cd resign from Rev Wright's church.
Why? Well , that's because the United Bank of Scotland has been the conduit for many wealthy Americans depositing money in Lichtinstein to avoid taxes. And if the American people have a prejudice it's against places which are not countries pretending to be countries : Grand Caymans, etc.

And who is the President of UBS--USA? That wd be Phil Graham. So he had to get off the McCain train and needed a stop really soon. He just pulled the emergency cord with those remarks, which, yes, he may well believe, probably does believe, but said them now to create a cover for his departure; thus, quashing the story about any McCain connection to the Lichtinstein scandal.