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Houses Add Up to a Snag for McCain

 

Published 8/22/2008 by Jonathan Weisman and Robert Barnes at Wash Post Elections

Sen. John McCain's inability to recall the number of homes he owns during an interview yesterday jeopardized his campaign's carefully constructed strategy to frame Democratic rival Barack Obama as an out-of-touch elitist and inspired a round of attacks that once again ratcheted up the negative to... (link)

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