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Published 8/1/2008 by Jonathan Weisman and Juliet Eilperin at Wash Post In Congress
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 31 -- Sen. John McCain's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama of playing the "race card" on Thursday, a day after the Democrat said his opponent and other Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing to Obama's "funny name" and the fact that "he doesn't look like all t...
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