Sen. John McCain celebrated an anniversary today, without pomp or confetti. As Fox News’s Mosheh Oinounou points out, it has now been four weeks since McCain held a press conference. Back then, on August 13, McCain was down about 4 points to Barack Obama in the Real Clear Politics average. Today he is up about two points in the same poll of polls. That curtain on the “Straight Talk” plane seems to be doing its job.
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