Article: True or False: Candidates Think Flip-Flopping is the Only Way to Win Elections.(Summer Double Issue)(Cover Story: Global Literacy 2008)(John McCain, Barack Obama, U.S. presidential election)

Byline: Evan Thomas; With Holly Bailey, Sarah Kliff, Michael Isikoff, Richard Wolffe and Suzanne Smalley

The fund-raiser was unremarkable, by L.A. standards. Under enormous chandeliers at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, wealthy donors mingled with showbiz types (Dennis Quaid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Beals) and ate endive spears stuffed with brie. Couples willing to donate $28,500 got to dine beforehand with the candidate, Barack Obama, who gave his usual stump speech and mocked his opponent, John McCain, for believing "that a bunch of oil rigs along the California coast was a good idea." (McCain had just recommended that states be allowed to opt out of the ...

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