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Once Pals, Kerry and McCain Are Now on the Rocks

War, security policy has blasted open gap created during '04 campaign

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2008 2:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – The 2004 election cracked the once-close personal relationship between John McCain and John Kerry, the Washington Post notes, and differences over the Iraq war has left the bond between the former Navy men fractured. "The same intensity of their feelings as veterans which brought... Read full story »

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