BBC NEWS | Americas | Republican ties to murky lobbyist

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 10:20 PM EDT (BBC News)

John McCain has made a point of stressing his 'maverick' status...turns out that he wasn't full of it.

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Plan Would Shift Forces From Iraq to Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 10:10 PM EDT (The New York Times)

I thought this might be worthy of discussion...

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