Barack Obama actually said...

You cannot just run away from your long-held views or your life-long record. You can't erase 26 years of support for the very policies and people who helped to bring in some of the problems that we're seeing.

Context

Obama criticizes McCain for changing his stance on government regulation and the AIG bailout.

09/17/2008

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