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Sen. John McCain tweets 'joke' comparing Iran's president to a monkey

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Sen. John McCain got some backlash for a "joke" he tweeted at the president of Iran's expense Monday.

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he hopes to be the first Iranian in space.

McCain then tweeted, "So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space -- wasn't he just there last week?" He then linked to an article about Iran launching a monkey into space last week.

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