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Did McCain just refuse to shake Obama’s hand?

Late Update: We just looked at the video. There’s some room for interpretation. But it certainly looks like McCain left Obama hanging when Obama put his hand out to shake. But before you make up your mind, you should see the video. We’ll have it for you shortly.

Later Update: We’re getting conflicting reports on this handshake story. We’re getting flooded by emails. So a lot of people definitely think they saw it. But like I said, we’re going to be pulling the video shortly. So you can see for yourselves. One reader says that it was actually that moment where they were blocking the teleprompter that they were shaking their hands. The truth is, I think, that on TV it was hard to be sure quite what happened. So let’s wait to see the video. And then we’ll try to find out more about what happened.

Video shortly …

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