Now, isn't this convenient? "McCain says U.S. government failed New Orleans"

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/24/mccain.sides/?iref=mpstoryview

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McCain says U.S. government failed New Orleans

(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government Thursday for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
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"We know we didn't have the right kind of leadership ... where government agencies were getting information from watching cable television rather than have a flow of information," McCain said during an event at Xavier University in New Orleans.

"It was not only a perfect storm as far as its physical impact ... it was a perfect storm as far as the federal, state and local governments' inability."

"Never again will there be a mismanaged natural disaster," he said, later assuring the crowd that "it will never happen again in this country; you have my commitment and my promise."

McCain was in New Orleans on the fourth day of a tour through some economically struggling Democratic states, trying to convince voters that he's not the typical Republican.

He made stops this week in Selma, Alabama; Youngstown, Ohio; and Inez, Kentucky.

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Let him eat cake.