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Analysis: Too little, too late for McCain

It took three debates, but John McCain finally found a voice Wednesday night to land some attacks on Barack Obama and pitch his own candidacy without coming off as too mean or too angry.

But McCain's problem at Hofstra University was clear -- he needed a solid performance like this to win over voters in the first debate, not the last, when Obama is showing signs of pulling away from McCain...

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