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Mon 10 Oct 2008Race issue moves to forefront of presidential campaign
RACE HAS moved into the foreground of the presidential campaign with a storm over remarks by civil rights icon John Lewis comparing John McCain and Sarah Palin to the segregationist politician George Wallace, writes Denis Staunton, Washington Correspondent
Mr Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Georgia, said that ugly scenes at McCain/Palin rallies in recent weeks reminded him of Wallace's campaigns in Alabama during the 1960s.
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