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Another significant development the two papers note: The rightist candidate went to the winner's headquarters to personally congratulate him.
Reporters usually either put such indiscretions off the record on McCain's behalf or congratulate him for making them.
I say this not to congratulate myself (well, not merely to congratulate myself) but to ask why St. Martin's Press, which announced yesterday that it was "suspending" publication of the book, was unable to make a similar determination before shipping 70,000 copies to book stores--copies that it has so far not recalled, by the way.
. I particularly want to congratulate the Police Department.
The woebegone victims congratulate themselves for their fortitude.