As ThinkProgress has noted, despite the recent economic downturn and $700 bailout, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his advisers still pledged that McCain will balance the budget by the end of his first term.

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Faced with dwindling poll numbers and an increasingly hostile political environment created by the economy's dizzying downward spiral, the Republican campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin has responded with a virulently right-wing appeal directed to the most politically backw …

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Last night on Fox News, host Sean Hannity interviewed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and asked McCain what Palin's role would be in his administration.

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The Washington Times reports that in 1986, John McCain wrote a note on House stationery to Charles Keating, chairman of a failed savings and loan association who went to prison in the late 1980s.

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In highly secret discussions John McCain is seeking feedback on the bold, historically unique idea of conceding the presidential election BEFORE Election Day! Here are the main discussion points framing the conversations with his closest, long-time supporters, including his w …

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The Jed Report notes that in a rally today, Sen. John McCain referred to his audience as "my fellow prisoners":

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This morning on CBS's Early Show, McCain-Palin campaign spokesperson Nancy Pfotenhauer attempted to defend Gov. Sarah Palin's (R-AZ) debunked claims that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has been "palling around" with former radical William Ayers.

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Last month, when two of Wall Street's major financial institutions collapsed, Sen.

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Sarah Palin ended her debate performance last Thursday with a slightly garbled quote from Ronald Reagan about how, if we aren't vigilant, we'll end up "telling our children and our children's children" about the days when America was free. It was a revealing choice.

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Madness.

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During the savings and loan scandal in the late 1980s, Charles Keating — a wealthy Arizona businessman and chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association — turned to John McCain to ask for his assistance as he was trying to stave off the government intervention.

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In the wake of last week's financial meltdown, Sen.

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A new ad released this morning by the McCain campaign states, "Our economy in crisis.

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Creating a League of Democracies: What he said:"We have to strengthen our global alliances as the core of a new global compact—a League of Democracies—that can harness the vast influence of the more than one hundred democratic nations around the world to advance our values  …

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On the morning of the 9/11, just moments after the World Trade Center collapsed from the terrorist strikes, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went on television and immediately began focusing the nation's attention on Iraq. ***

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In March, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) took a hard line against government economic intervention, saying that it is "not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers." Hoo-yeah...!!!

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When asked to judge the Bush administration this morning during an interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said "history will judge that" but then immediately began making an attempt to distance himself from President Bush.

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Today on ABC This Week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for being absent for so many Senate roll call votes, saying that "Sen. Obama's been gone more than he's been here."

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In Dayton, OH today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will announce that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his vice presidential running mate. Palin, who entered office in 2006 after running as a reformer, is touted by conservatives as being "a politician of eye-popping integrity."

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In 2001 and 2003, Sen.

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Last week, Sen.

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Gen. David Petraeus, top commander of coalition military forces in Iraq, recently sat down with Newsweek to do a "valedictory" interview before he takes up his new post as CENTCOM commander next month.

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The world according to John McCain is one in which America is triumphant at home and abroad thanks to the Bush legacy, rolling to victory internationally and mastering its domestic economic problems.

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*** This is how Cochran described the incident (21 years later -- a point worth keeping in mind):

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