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Fri 10 Oct 2008McCain team disavows 'Hussein' references
BETHLEHEM - John McCain's presidential campaign has disavowed William Platt's references to "Barack Hussein Obama".
"We do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November," campaign spokesman Paul Lindsay said in a prepared statement.
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