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
Nov. 2, 2007
"If you notice, in all of his proposals, Senator Government wants ... Senator Obama wants government to do the job."
—McCain, during the third and final presidential debate. This was not the
first time the Arizona Senator had a revealing slip of the tongue. While
addressing supporters in February, McCain referred to himself as a "liberal Republican" before quickly correcting himself.
— M.J. Stephey
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