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McCain campaign's tone likened to George Wallace's

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.

Republican candidate John McCain yesterday called Lewis' remarks "shocking and beyond the pale." The Obama campaign said the Illinois...

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