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On the recordApril 3, 2008
We can be slow as well to give greatness its due, a mistake I myself made long ago when I voted against a federal holiday in memory of Dr. King. I was wrong.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain reflects on his past mistake of voting against making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday.

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