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McCain: 'I Think We're Behind'

By Hill Staff - 10/22/08 10:26 AM EDT
 
 
John McCainJohn Sidney McCainFormer Trump Defense chief Esper to join McCain Institute We need an independent 1/6 commission that the whole country can have confidence in GOP targets Manchin, Sinema, Kelly on Becerra MORE acknowledged Monday that his campaign is trailing Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaWhy is Joe Biden dodging the public and the press? Here's who Biden is now considering for budget chief Pentagon issues report revealing ex-White House doctor 'belittled' subordinates, violated alcohol policies MORE during a radio interview with Don Imus.

"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 KerryJohn KerryEconomic growth in Africa will not be achieved by a blanket ban on fossil fuels Biden can build on Pope Francis's visit to Iraq OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats reintroduce road map to carbon neutrality by 2050 | Kerry presses oil companies to tackle climate change | Biden delays transfer of sacred lands for copper mine MORE (D-Mass.), indicating the polls are not always reliable.

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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