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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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McCain's South Carolina Pro-Life Mailer

By Marc Ambinder

Jan 11 2008, 8:30 AM ET Comment

In 2000, unknown opponents of John McCain tried to smear him by inciting racial hatred. McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was presented in a mailing as his out-of-wedlock black baby.

In 2008, McCain's daughter, Bridgette, is prominently featured in another piece of mail. This time, its author is the McCain campaign, and it serves to highlight his pro-life credentials and his work on behalf of the cause of adoption.

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