I don't think he closed the sale. But I think he made a lot of progress.
David Gergen: “I don't think he closed the sale. But I think he made a lot of progress.”
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David Gergen assesses John McCain's efforts to win over conservatives at CPAC, indicating that while he hasn't fully convinced them, he has made progress.
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If he had a receptive audience, and I will tell you, when everything -- when all the facts were to come out, it would be like Nixon and the tapes.
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