John McCain campaign seizes on leaked British ambassador letter

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 3, 2008

John McCain's campaign has seized on a leaked letter by the British ambassador to the United States as a perceptive portrayal of Barack Obama too liberal and untested to be fit for the White House.

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