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What does it take to win the presidency? Sound foreign policy and a pledge to protect Social Security might help. But a candidate also needs shelf life. Here's a guide to recent books from the men who want to be Commander in Chief:

CANDIDATE GEORGE W. BUSH

BOOK A Charge to Keep

ABOUT Him, vowing "to never allow others to define me"

VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I'm a compassionate conservative: "call me a conservative with a heart"

BUZZ This year's most anticipated book by a politician

[CANDIDATE] JOHN MCCAIN

[BOOK] Faith of My Fathers

[ABOUT] A prisoner of war survives Vietnam

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