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Article: Gramm 'jumped,' not pushed from McCain campaign.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2008
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Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The ostensible trigger for former Sen. Phil Gramm's sudden resignation on Friday as national co-chairman of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign was a Robert Novak column released on Saturday, sources in the McCain campaign told The Washington Times.
In the column, Mr. Novak said the two longtime Republican comrades had patched up their relationship and that Mr. Gramm would remain as Mr. McCain's economic adviser and campaign surrogate.
A senior McCain official and friend of Mr. Gramm's said privately that the former Texan learned of the Novak column and wanted out of the campaign. Mr. Gramm was ...