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For McCain to Win, He Must Embrace the 'Big Middle'

For the past couple of weeks, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been getting lots of free advice from all sides about what to do with his “conservative problem.” Democratic operatives have argued that to appease his conservative base, he will have to move to the right. That, they say, will be his death knell in November with independents, whom he has always attracted and needs to win.

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Rep. Frank Pallone waits Feb. 8 for the start of a news conference to introduce legislation to keep arsenic and lead out of fruit juices.
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