The Screwups of Campaign '08
Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is
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John McCain
July 21, 2008
"I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border."
—McCain, when asked by ABC'S Diane Sawyer if the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious and urgent." The only problem: Iraq and Pakistan don't share a border — Afghanistan and Pakistan do.
— M.J. Stephey
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