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On the recordOctober 19, 2008
the McCain people will say, look, you people in the liberal media elite, as they call us, are not holding Barack Obama to his promise about not taking private funding and breaking out of public funding. Why should you hold us to our promise about not bringing Reverend Wright up?
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the McCain campaign's strategy regarding Reverend Wright.

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