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On the recordSeptember 7, 2008
John McCain says that he is going to tell all those lobbyists in Washington that their days of running Washington are over which sounds pretty good until you discover that seven of his top campaign managers and officials are, guess what, former corporate lobbyists.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama critiques McCain's claim to be an agent of change while employing lobbyists.

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