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John McCain: “As Abraham Lincoln said, you can call a dog's tail a leg, but it is still a tail.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
As Abraham Lincoln said, you can call a dog's tail a leg, but it is still a tail.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain emphasizes that labeling something as competition doesn't make it true competition.

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