“My understanding is that Senator Obama said he would (take public financing) and that now he’s saying he won’t… Actions speak louder than words. No matter how beautiful the words are and how well presented, you’ve got to get beyond the words. And now we’re seeing how the words don’t even mean what we thought they meant… So I think it raises some serious questions about what it is he stands for.”

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“Congress must pass public financing to make our elections fair.”

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“Barack Obama chose winning over his word…

“And with that, the first-term Illinois senator tarnished his carefully honed image as a different kind of politician — one who means what he says and says what he means — while undercutting his call for ‘a new kind of politics.’…

“So much for being a straight shooter.”