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Caution: Can Iran cigarette jokes be dangerous to McCain's political health?  

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Jump to full article: Los Angeles Times blogs, 2008-07-08

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"Maybe that’s a way of killing them,” McCain responded. He quickly followed up: “I meant that as a joke, as a person who hasn’t had a cigarette in 28 years.”

After his wife corrected him –- it’s actually been 29 years since the veteran's last smoke -- McCain said he’d like to look into the Iran export issue more thoroughly and might have a better answer later.

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