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 4/10 Good --- weblogs.newsday.com http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/index.xml
| Inside Long Island, state and national politics and Election 2008 ... |
Saturday, May 17, 2008 --- 70 days ago http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2008/05/video_rep
| This morning, we posted a clip from a 2006 interview in which John McCain said the US would have to "deal with" Hamas after its victory in Palestinian elections. The clip seemed to contradict McCain's current efforts to attack Obama -- who opposes negotiations with Hamas -- over his willingness to negotiate with Iran's leader, and it's driven a lot of news coverage today.
The McCain campaign contends the clip is misleading and blames the interviewer -- former State Dept. spokesman James Rubin, a Clinton supporter -- for distorting its meaning. The campaign has now supplied a longer clip, with a follow-up question and answer, which it says changes the meaning.
We're not so sure -- he still says the US has to "see the ways we can engage with" a group dedicated to the extinction of Israel, which is a far cry from his appalled denunciations of Obama -- but in the interests of balance, everyone should judge for themselves:
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