McCain and Obama Palling Around? Must Be the Al Smith Dinner
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Michael Cooper AND
Jeff Zeleny
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Senators John McCain and Barack Obama shared a few laughs — yes, really — at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City on Thursday night. They sat with Cardinal Edward M. Egan, head of the Archdiocese of New York. (Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times)
Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, announced that he had dismissed his entire team of senior advisers. “All of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe the Plumber,’’ he cracked.
His rival, Senator Barack Obama, then made a confession about his past associations. “John McCain is onto something,’’ he said....
With a pair of rivals taking time away from the fray to swap jokes, it could only be the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City, the white-tie charity roast that has long served as a light-hearted rest stop on the road to the White House.
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