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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 New Health Care Ad

By Marc Ambinder

Apr 29 2008, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Sen. John McCain's campaign will air this health care ad in Iowa starting today. It features McCain talking to an unseen subject just off camera, explaining in sober tones the features of his health care plan. There are a few implicit messages: McCain understands the problem; he's optimistic about solving it; he's not going to cede the terrain to the Democrats.



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