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John McCain: “All I can do is, in as visible a way as possible, disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning and, again…”

On the recordApril 24, 2008
All I can do is, in as visible a way as possible, disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning and, again, reiterate that's not the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. It's not.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

McCain distances himself from a controversial ad campaign by North Carolina Republicans that uses Reverend Wright's statements against Obama.

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