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McCain Steps Over Gauntlet Huckabee Throws Down

Posted Feb 26, 08 4:30 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – Mike Huckabee wants to debate John McCain, he told a sparsely attended press conference today. Campaign finance laws may make the presumptive nominee “go completely dark between virtually now and the nomination convention,” said Huckabee, who described himself as “disappointed” at the lack of GOP debates, MSNBC reports.

“Any type of format would be acceptable to us and any location would be acceptable to us,” Huckabee said in issuing the challenge. McCain claimed not to know Huckabee was interested in going mano-a-mano but said he'd “certainly consider that proposal.” Huckabee’s handlers laughed off the response, saying they’d made his interest abundantly clear.

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"There's a race going on, and I wish Sen. McCain was debating me this weekend," Huckabee said. "I wish we were gonna be in Cleveland tonight on stage or in Dallas or in Houston or San Antonio or Austin...   (Associated Press Composite)
Republican presidential hopefuls, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, talk before a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. in this Jan. 10, 2008 file...   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a town hall meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)   (Associated Press)
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