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Obama: Hitting McCain on Medicare

 

Published 10/17/2008 by Carrie Dann at First Read

The campaign is up with another ad attacking McCain's health care plan. This time, it hits McCain for proposing a cut in Medicare benefits. The Washington Post’s editorial page, which is very hawkish on Iraq and foreign policy, has endorsed Obama. “The nominating process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack...( read more ) (link)

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