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Raw Video: Obama Meets With McCain

Once campaign rivals, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain sat down in Chicago Monday to discuss how they can collaborate on issues facing the country.

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President-elect Barack Obama continued his reconciliation tour yesterday, sitting down with former rival John McCain for the first time since the election, a meeting that resulted in a joint statement promising that they will work together to “change the bad habits of Washington.”

Obama and McCain, accompanied by advisers Rahm Emanuel and Lindsey O. Graham, respectively, flashed broad smiles during a brief encounter with reporters at the start of their meeting in Chicago.

Asked by reporters whether he will help Obama once his term in office commences, McCain replied: “Obviously.”

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