In this context, they are the same thing. The fact is most Americans use capitalism and free market to refer to the same thing, and the two are interchangeable in popular discourse. Assuming he's acting in good faith (difficult to tell for a political pundit), he just thinks they're synonyms and isn't trying a sleight of hand.
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Date: 2010-01-13 02:06 pm (UTC)