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Big Mac Back From the Brink

Wheels are back on the 'Straight Talk Express'

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 9, 2008 3:44 AM CST

(Newser) – After his national operation was dismantled last summer for lack of funds, John McCain's aides thought New Hampshire would be just a trip down memory lane before results drove the final nail in his campaign's coffin. Instead, the Arizona senator now finds himself arguably the... Read full story »

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