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On the recordAugust 28, 2008
I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know. Why else would he define middle class as someone making under $5 million a year?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama questions John McCain's understanding of the middle class.

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