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A One-Term Pledge?

By The Daily Dish
Jun 2 2008, 3:59 AM ET

Ambinder reports exclusively that McCain almost took one a while back and then adds disconcertingly:

Only James K. Polk pledged to serve one term as president; his term in office, from 1844 to 1848, was marked by an unusually aggressive expansion of executive power and the annexation of Texas after the Mexican-American war.



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