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For bin Laden’s Election Help Before He Was Against It

by Josh Marshall
06.25.08 | 3:29 pm

John McCain says he “strenuously disagree[s]” with advisor Charlie Black’s claim that another al Qaida mass casualty terrorist attack would be good news for McCain’s election prospects. But back in 2004 he said pretty much the same thing.

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