Did McCrory hack Orr's game plan?

Bob Orr said that Pat McCrory stole a plank of his education platform.

During a discussion of education at the WRAL debate tonight, McCrory said that he thinks the way the state determines education policy is out of whack.

"There is no one accountable for education," he said. "I think we ought to look at changing the state constitution to make the governor's office responsible for education."

He said that the state superintendent of public instruction, which is currently elected, should become an appointed position.

Later, Orr said that he is going to announce the exact same plan next Tuesday.

"I'm going to have agree with Pat," he said, adding as a joke, "in fact, I think he's hacked into my game plan."

He also argued that members of the State Board of Education—especially Democratic gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore—should be held more accountable.