John McCain
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"Oh, I think we're behind," McCain said. "But I think it's margin of error, and in all the indicators, we're coming up."
McCain referenced outlier polls in 2004 that showed President Bush trailing Sen. John Kerry
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Real Clear Politics' aggregation of polls in the presidential contest shows Obama leading with an average advantage of 7.6 percentage points.
-Michael O'Brien


"Oh, I think we're behind," McCain said. "But I think it's margin of error, and in all the indicators, we're coming up."
McCain referenced outlier polls in 2004 that showed President Bush trailing Sen. John Kerry

Real Clear Politics' aggregation of polls in the presidential contest shows Obama leading with an average advantage of 7.6 percentage points.
-Michael O'Brien
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