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Claiming that McCain's "straight-talker image" would be jeopardized by flip-flops, Gannett News Service doesn't note they've already occurred

February 07, 2008 5:38 pm ET

SUMMARY: A Gannett News Service article claimed that John McCain "has built up such a straight-talker image that any aroma of pandering or changing positions to placate conservatives would expose him to the flip-flopping label he has pinned on [Mitt] Romney." In fact, on two of the issues cited -- taxes and immigration -- McCain has changed his positions to more closely align himself with the base of the Republican Party, which the article didn't note.

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