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McCain campaign: McCain’s rape joke is ‘a good example of McCain being McCain.’

Ben Smith's Blog found this 7/18/2008 on thinkprogress.org

Today in the Politico, Ben Smith tracks the numerous offensive jokes — often aimed at women — that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) loves to tell on the campaign trail. Though the campaign said McCain “didn’t recall” telling a joke during his 1986 Senate race about women loving rape , the campaign insisted these offensive jokes proved McCain was “authentic” ...