Buying into the Spin about McCain’s Foreign Policy Credentials – Roll Call

Buying into the Spin about McCain’s Foreign Policy Credentials

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted August 13, 2008 at 12:00am

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Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His columns appear on Wednesday in CQ Politics.

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