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	McCain Digging Himself Under

DrCat2013

6-24-2008 3:47 PM

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mccain, general election, rnc, campaign finance

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6-25-2008 3:30 PM

masbury

So true - McCain totally got a pass on this from the Media. His conflicts with campaign finance are far more blatant than the accusations about Obama (who made only a pledge to work with the other nominee in hopes of using public financing; McCain killed that one by breaking the FEC's rules).

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