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  • [John]McCain Derails

    07/10/2007 2:19:24 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 41 replies · 1,750+ views
    CBS News ^ | July 10, 2007 | Kevin Drum
    I guess the Straight Talk Express is finally melting down. After returning from a trip to Iraq — something hardly likely to have lifted his spirits — John McCain apparently blew up at campaign manager Terry Nelson and chief strategist John Weaver over their out-of-control spending. In the end, he fired Nelson and Weaver then resigned: Weaver's resignation was the most surprising. He has been McCain's chief strategist and confidant for many years, playing a role as central to the Arizonan's political operations as White House senior adviser Karl Rove has played in President Bush's. The only other person in...