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John McCain's endless war

The front-runner is blasting Romney for suggesting U.S. troops will come home from Iraq, some day. It sounds good in the Republican primary, but "war without end" won't be the best slogan for November.

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    I keep wondering whom the media would fawn over the most: McCain or Obama should those two end up being the General Election candidates. Any idea?

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