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Article: McCain: Obama link to ex-radical is honesty issue
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- October 9, 2008
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that questions about Democratic rival Barack Obama's association with a former war protester linked to Vietnam-era bombings are part of a broader issue of honesty.
In his strongest personal criticism since his faltering campaign began casting Obama as an unknown and unacceptable candidate, McCain told supporters that Obama had not been truthful in describing his relationship with former radical William Ayers. The Arizona senator also said Obama himself has "a clear radical, far-left pro-abortion record."
Loud cheers from 4,000 people gathered at a sports complex near Milwaukee greeted McCain's attacks over ...