Article: McCain, Bush lock horns over negative campaigning.(News)

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The Boston Herald
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February 16, 2000
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - GOP presidential rivals John McCain and George W. Bush tangled in a bitter debate last night, accusing each other of making unfair personal attacks on each other's integrity.

"You should be ashamed," McCain said, accusing the Texas governor of standing by at a rally in South Carolina while a supporter assailed the Arizona senator's commitment to veterans.

"I don't know if you can understand this, George, but that really hurts," said McCain, who spent five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

But Bush praised McCain's service to his country and said he cannot be held responsible for what the supporter said at the rally.

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