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Reporting attacks over troop funding votes, Politico ignores McCain's own record

September 27, 2008 1:11 pm ET
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SUMMARY: In repeating a claim by a campaign adviser to Sen. John McCain that "McCain would continue to criticize Obama for voting against a bill that included funding for troops," Politico reporters Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin didn't note that McCain himself has voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama pointed out during their September 26 presidential debate.

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