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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain said Thursday that Republicans had lost the midterm elections because "we abandoned our principles" on fiscal policy and government restraint, inviting a backlash from Americans over what they saw as widespread hypocrisy.
McCain -- in back-to-back speeches delivered on the day he formally created his presidential exploratory committee -- portrayed the election result as deserved punishment of Republicans for their performance in office, rather than an affirmation of the Democratic Party. Speaking to two conservative audiences still reeling from the Republicans' losses of the House and Senate, he said Republicans could recover from the election but only if they took lessons from the results.See the full content of this document
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Mccain Says Gop Deserted Principles
"Hypocrisy, my friends, is the most obvious of political sins -- and the people will punish it," he said. "We were elected to reduce the size of government and enlarge the sphe...
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