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Why John McCain lostBy Richard Lister
BBC News, Washington
Candidate John McCain seemed to have it all.
Few in America did not know about his decades of service,
his breath-taking heroism as a war hero in Vietnam, his
foreign policy expertise and his ability to reach across
the Congressional aisle.
-snip-His other big problem was in trying to separate himself
from one of the most unpopular presidents in American
history and a Congress which had been Republican for six
of the past eight years.
As a mostly loyal Republican, his record was one of
support for President George W Bush, which Barack Obama
never let him forget.
-snip-In fact, he could never quite find a narrative that
worked. He went from being war hero, to the voice of
experience, to maverick, to tax-cutter, but he never
found a way to lift himself in the polls.
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