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McCain Cites ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ (He’d Be Truman)

October 26th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

By Larry Rohter
Dewey Defeats Truman(Photo: Byron Rollis/Associated Press, 1948)

MESILLA, N.M. — There have been moments in this hard-fought presidential campaign when Senator John McCain has seemed to find his much younger Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, rather presumptuous and cocksure. That was the impression he left at some of the debates, and on Saturday afternoon, at a rally here, about 50 miles north of El Paso, Mr. McCain again showed his exasperation.

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