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McCain wants nongovernmental oversight on $700B plan

SCRANTON, Pa. - Republican John McCain yesterday called for greater oversight of the Bush administration's proposed bailout of U.S. financial markets, saying the massive $700-billion plan being crafted by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson needed broader supervision.

"Never before in the history of our nation has so much power and money been concentrated in the hands of one person. This arrangement...

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