McCain whiffs again on Iran


	McCain whiffs again on Iran

masbury

5-20-2008 3:41 PM

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iran, mccain, foreign policy

masbury says:

Unbelievable. We would eat a blogger alive who was this ignorant.

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5-20-2008 4:54 PM

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