Whatever it's worth, I just read another news piece about this, and that piece ends with a statement that a Powell spokeswoman denies the story. HOWEVER, with that said, Powell is indeed a product of racial quotas, he's a political opportunist, AND he has his own collection of dirty laundry, and I would not be surprised if this story was true.
In a certain sense, such a move by Powell and his ilk would be a rather appropriate slap in the face to McCain, who never misses an opportunity to slap the Right in order to ingratiate himself to the Left. In other words, what goes around comes around.
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