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I was never very impressed with John Kerry's media skills, but he nails this response to an inane question from an MSNBC reporter (Huffington Post):

WITT: Okay. He said it. A 20-year relationship. Reverend Wright married him. He is the one who baptized a godparent. How personally painful is this for him?

KERRY: Can I say something to you? Obviously it is painful and he said it. You folks need to let go of this. Television needs to stop dwelling on something that is in the past. I thought Barack Obama yesterday gave America his second big presidential moment of this campaign. The first when he spoke out about the issue of race. The second yesterday, when he made it clear, every one of the statements of the minister are just unacceptable. They're not the person that he knew before. Now let's move on to how we'll put people to work. How are you going to give people health care? How are you going to create jobs in America? What Barack Obama is offering

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