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Published 9/26/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

Reuters - The stage is set, but it was unclear on Friday if Republican John McCain would show up to duel Democrat Barack Obama in the first of three debates that could help decide a tight White House race. McCain's vow to skip the debate if a $700 billion rescue of the U.S. financial industry is not settled cast a pall of uncertainty over the campaign -- which deepened late on Thursday as bailout talks in Washington sank into disarray. (link)

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