McCain in the middle of Bush-Kerry battle
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WASHINGTON - Arizona Republican John McCain is a man seemingly stuck in the middle this presidential election year: a friend and sometimes defender of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and a loyal party wingman for President Bush who is a
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The presidential debates present both opportunity and peril for the two top candidates, with Sen. John Kerry hoping a strong performance spurs a decisive rally and President Bush aiming to seal his re-election.
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The Iraq war took center  stage in the Republican race for the White House on Saturday as  front-runner John McCain accused rival Mitt Romney of backing a  timetable to pull U.S. troops out -- a charge Romney angrily  denied.
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President George W Bush&#39;s record serving in the National Guard during the Vietnam War became the focus of the increasingly heated election campaign yesterday.
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The Democrats are preparing for a lengthy nomination fight, while John McCain is hoping to seal up the Republican nomination quickly.
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As a maverick Republican and Vietnam war soulmate of Democratic challenger John Kerry, Senator John McCain is walking a thin political line in this year's presidential election and apparently relishing every moment.
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Senator John McCain, an author of a pending compromise immigration plan, found himself at odds with his rivals.
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Republican presidential  candidate John McCain hit the road on Friday to rejuvenate his  limping campaign but clung to the theme that helped get him in  trouble -- his support for President George W. Bush&#39;s  politically unpopular strategy in Iraq.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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ORLANDO, Jan. 29 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona pulled out a hard-fought victory over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Florida's contentious Republican primary Tuesday, making him the clear front-runner in a two-man presidential race that could be decided as soon as next week.
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As electoral votes line up, Bush, Kerry fight over how to win in a changing West.
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Senator John McCain is fighting for the backing of foes in the Republican Party's conservative base, now that rival Mitt Romney has quit the race, clearing McCain's path to the presidential nomination.
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President Bush wants to work with Republican Sen. John McCain to pursue court action against political ads by "shadowy" outside groups, the White House said Thursday amid growing pressure on the president to denounce attacks on John Kerry's war record.
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CONCORD, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential candidate John McCain hit the road on Friday to rejuvenate his limping campaign but clung to the theme that helped get him in trouble -- his support for President George W. Bush's politically unpopular strategy in Iraq.
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NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain swept aside his long-running differences with President Bush on Monday and urged voters to re-elect him, offering a stout defense of Bush's decision to invade Iraq as the only way to keep that country from acquiring weapons of mass destruction...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M.  - President Bush on Thursday  sought to ease differences with ally Sen. John McCain by  promising to take legal action to stop a wave of ads by outside  groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's  presidential election rival John Kerry.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M.  - President Bush sought to  smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain on Thursday by  promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside  groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's  Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry.