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On the recordApril 11, 2008
Out of touch? I mean, John McCain, it took him three tries to finally figure out that the home foreclosure crisis was a problem, and to come up with a plan for it, and he's saying, I'm out of touch?
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama defends himself against accusations of being out of touch by criticizing McCain's response to the foreclosure crisis.

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