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“We need to review all of our security procedures. And if we could get Amtrak with a little bit better food and going a lot faster than it does, then maybe that would prevent a terrorist attack. Sometimes when I have to eat that food, I want to commit a terrorist attack.”

— Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), joking last week with a reporter.

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