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McCain's Men: The Team Behind the Turnaround

'Sedona Five' crack team of loyalists revamped battle

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 9:50 AM CST

(Newser) – John McCain's back-from-the-dead presidential bid can attribute its triumph to a number of factors: the successes of the Iraq surge, the rise of Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani's concession in New Hampshire. But before any of those game-changing events, the McCain comeback was engineered by a... Read full story »

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