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Did John McCain cheat by cribbing questions in advance at the rightwing megachurch forum Saturday night? UPDATE McCain operative Nicole Wallace vehemently denied claims that McCain heard Barack Obama being questioned, even though McCain was not sequestered in a “cone of silence,” as Rick Warren, the multimillionaire evangelist and moderator of the forum, had asserted to the live audience. ...
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Did McCain Cheat at Saddleback Evangelical Forum?
The BRAD BLOG —
... The McCain campaign is fighting hard against charges that McCain cheated on the rules of debate at a rightwing evangelical forum in a California megachurch over the weekend by cribbing the questions in advance. They are so desperate, apparently, that a McCain operative even played the POW card, citing McCain's imprisonment by the Vietnamese 40 years ago as evidence somehow that he did not cheat Saturday night. ...
John McCain wants Jewish and Christian votes - all others need not apply
Shakesville —
If there's one thing you can say about John McCain it's that he's a POW and everything he's ever said, done, or will say and do cannot be questioned. ...
Tonight Show: McCain plays POW card again
Crooks and Liars —
... . There’s no other way to explain their strategy. McCain didn’t cheat at Saddleback because he was a POW thirty years ago. Alan Keyes couldn’t ...
Sanford: McCain Doesn’t Talk About His POW Experience
Think Progress —
... – Raising his POW experience to justify not remembering how many houses he owns. “Could I just mention to you Jay, that in a moment of seriousness, I spent five and a half years in a prison cell, I didn’t have a house, I didn’t have a kitchen table, I didn’t have a table, I didn’t have a chair,” McCain said to Jay Leno in response to a question about his housing gaffe. ...
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McCain Violated the Rules: That's Cheating
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McCain defends vets card, raps Obama —
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Obama, McCain react to Musharraf —
CNN Political Ticker 8/18/2008
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