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English vs. Spanish question pushes McCain’s button

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The staying power of immigration as a campaign issue was demonstrated anew this week at a town hall meeting in Pipersville, Pa., when a woman asked John McCain a pointed question:

‘Why, as an American, do I have to push a button to speak English or hear English?’

The audience, a sea of mostly white faces, erupted in deafening applause.

Read John McCain’s response here...

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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City

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