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	<title><![CDATA[Closing the Message Gap on Iraq: A Responsible Plan to End the War]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/closing-the-message-gap-o_b_94074.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>When John McCain talks about Iraq, people are often left scratching their head in amazement and confusion. From his comfort with a hundred year occupation, to his claim that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/14/mccain-al-qaeda-may-inte_n_91587.html">al-Qaeda wants to</a> knee-cap his candidacy, to his "gaffes" a<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/a-mccain-moment-do-you-w_b_93165.html">bout an al-Qeada/Iran connection</a>, to his <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/17/mccain.stakes/">assurances</a> that "the surge is working" (which came just before the latest return to chaos), he is looking more and more like a man utterly detached from reality. </p>

<p>Yet recent polls have shown...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-04-06T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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