Delicate embrace by Obama, McCain of $700B bailout

 
By Tom Raum
Published: September 28, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on Sunday gingerly embraced a newly negotiated congressional deal for a $700 billion bailout of the hobbled financial industry. "This is something that all of us will swallow hard and go forward with. The option of doing nothing is simply not an acceptable option," McCain said. Obama said he was inclined to back it "because I think Main Street is now...

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