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Companies kick in for convention tabs

WASHINGTON - At the 2004 GOP convention in New York City, Senate campaign-finance reformer John McCain threw a party for 1,500 at chic eatery Cipriani, but he refused corporate and lobbyist money and paid the $110,000 cost out of his own campaign fund.

This year, McCain and the Republican Party will be throwing a bigger bash for 45,000, to launch his presidential nomination at the convention...

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