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McCain: Palin Was A "Cold, Political Calculation"

By The Daily Dish
Oct 19 2008, 7:32 AM ET

We know so much more about what really motivates John McCain, don't we? And it isn't "country first". (Update: the full interview, which I have now listened to, makes clear that the phrase "cold, political calculation" was prompted by Wallace. McCain said it, but was reacting to Wallace's formulation.)



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