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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 12:00 AM

McCain has his own unsavory links

In the 1980s, the Republican presidential nominee sat on the board of a group that was involved in Iran-Contra and had ties to neo-Nazis.
Gabriel Winant

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  • Tuesday, October 7, 2008 01:59 PM

    So McCain left the group not

    because its ties to right-wing death squads, but because he did not have the time to participate. He palled around a general who was dismissed for insubordination to the United States Commander-In-Chief. Country first, yeah right.

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