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Is McCain Overplaying The POW Card? (video)
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Is McCain Overplaying The POW Card? (video)
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Cenk Uygur: A Noun, A Verb and POW

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Cenk Uygur: A Noun, A Verb and POW
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — McCain has jumped the POW shark. As Rudy Giuliani is to 9/11, John McCain is to POW. To paraphrase Joe Biden, "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and POW." As Sam Stein has already pointed on Huffington Post, McCain has gone to the POW well over and over. His healthcare plan is challenged - POW! Cheated at Saddleback Forum - POW! Woodstock Museum - POW! Can't remember how many houses he has - POW! But this isn't the first campaign that McCain has played the POW card. He used it masterfully when he was accused of carpetbagging in his first run for Congress in Arizona (he's not originally ...

Is McCain Overplaying The POW Card?
The Latest on Air America — John McCain seems to use his experience as a P.O.W as a way to get out of every situation. Don't believe it? Watch the clip and see the proof!

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