McCain having trouble putting out the fire

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By Elmer Smith
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Opinion Columnist

... It was the culmination of a week when McCain was forced to douse flames he and his campaign had been fanning.

In Wisconsin, McCain seemed shocked by supporters who shouted "terrorist" and "off with his head" at the mention of Barack Obama's name ...

In Virginia, where he is fighting to keep a red state red, McCain reluctantly disavowed remarks by state GOP chairman Jeff Frederick, who was quoted in a magazine saying "Obama and Osama both have friends that bombed the Pentagon. That's scary."

McCain declined to denounce it at first before finally issuing a terse statement saying that his campaign "disagrees with the comparison" ...

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