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Obama Ad: McCain's No "Original Maverick"
huffingtonpost.com - 8/7/2008
Obama Ad: McCain's No "Original Maverick"
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Yesterday, John McCain tried to reclaim his maverick title in an ad -- going so far as to say he was the original of the species. Today Barack Obama shoots back with an ad that quotes McCain agreeing with President Bush and ends with a picture of the two together. "The original maverick? Or just more of the same?" the ad concludes. Watch it: Transcript: MCCAIN AD: He's the ...

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McCain Campaign Yanks “True Conservative” Ad from YouTube, Web Site
Crooks and Liars — ... that assertion both on the stump and in a new ad of his own. “You can’t be a maverick when politically it’s working for you,” Obama said, “and not a maverick when it doesn’t work for you.” Which may explain why the McCain campaign has apparently tried to purge any traces of its “ ...

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