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McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile on

McCain's mistakes raise a serious, if uncomfortable question: Are the gaffes the result of his age? And what could that mean in the Oval Office?Voters, thinking about their own relatives, can be expected to scrutinize McCain’s debate performances for signs of slippage.

"Just in the past three weeks, McCain has also mistaken "Somalia" for "Sudan," and even football’s Green Bay Packers for the Pittsburgh Steelers.Ironically, the errors have been concentrated in what should be his area of expertise: foreign affairs."

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