John McCain and Barack Obama have each rejected an offer by New York Mayor
Michael Bloomberg and ABC News to appear in a general-election town hall that
would be hosted by Diane Sawyer. The two presidential candidates said that,
while they welcomed the town-hall format, they did not want it limited to one
TV network. McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said, "Both campaigns agree the town
hall meetings will be open to the press but not sponsored or moderated by the
press."
09/06/2008
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