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Talking Points Memo | Rudy: McCain Thinks Experience, Not Abortion Views, Should Be Most Important Criterion In Veep Pick
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 8/20/2008
Talking Points Memo | Rudy: McCain Thinks Experience, Not Abortion Views, Should Be Most Important Criterion In Veep Pick
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Oh, it's just so great to have Rudy back! On a conference call with reporters just now set up to attack Obama over his foreign policy adviser's trip to Syria, the pro-choice Rudy basically said that as a "matter of conscience" McCain should choose his Veep not based on his views of abortion but on his national security readiness. Even more interestingly, Rudy seemed to suggest that he ...

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Rudy, You Lost
Talking Points Memo — ... Rudy was the McCain surrogate on a campaign conference call this afternoon, but he almost sounded like he thinks he won the nomination and gets to pick the VP nominee himself. ...

Rudy and Randy, Together Again
TPMMuckraker — ... So yesterday the McCain showcased its newly announced keynote convention speaker, Rudy Giuliani -- fully rested after his own disastrous presidential run -- on a conference call, with reporters. Also on the call was the campaign's top foreign-policy hand, Randy Scheunemann. ...

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