John McCain: May 2008 Archives

WASHINGTON--GOP presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) on Friday weighed in on the Father Michael Pfleger controversy, where the Chicago priest mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) from the pulpit of Obama family church, Trinity United Church of Christ.

McCain said, "And I think that kind of language and that kind of treatment, of Senator Clinton, is unwarranted, uncalled for and disgraceful."

WASHINGTON--Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), flying from Denver to Chicago on Wednesday, told reporters he did not think that his visiting Iraq is "relevant" This after being under attack from Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) for only traveling to Iraq once.

Obama also said:
*After Tuesday he will have enough delegates to win the nomination. Obama also figures the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee will come up with a deal to seat Michigan and Florida when they meet Saturday. The panel may well vote on a solution--but that's not the end of it if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is not satisfied with the result. There is another step--an appeal to the credentials committee at the Democratic convention in Denver this August.

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WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, likely Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama slammed GOP rival Sen. John McCain for holding a fund-raiser with President Bush with "no reporters'' around. Today, Michelle Obama is headlining a fund-raiser in California for Hollywood elites that the campaign did not announce.

EMBARGOED FOR DELIVERY
Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
Cuban American National Foundation
May 23, 2008
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