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

McCain's Prisoner Dilemma

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John McCain
Oct. 8, 2008

"Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners and the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent."

—McCain, accidentally straying from the script during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (He was supposed to say "fellow citizens"). For his part, McCain didn't seem to notice the verbal slip-up. Without skipping a beat, he went on to question Democratic rival Barack Obama's "clarity."


— M.J. Stephey


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