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With economic troubles dominating the race, McCain opened the new line of criticism against Romney at his first event of the day in Fort Myers, Fla., and sought to shift the campaign back to his strength, national security, and away from Romney’s, the economy.

First, he slapped at Romney without naming him during a question-and-answer session with Floridians, saying: "Now, one of my opponents wanted to set a date for withdrawal that would have meant disaster."

Minutes later to reporters, the Arizona senator was more direct: "If we surrender and wave a white flag, like Senator Clinton wants to do, and withdraw, as Governor Romney wanted to do, then there will be chaos, genocide, and the cost of American blood and treasure would be dramatically higher."

Asked about the comment in Land O’ Lakes, Fla., Romney bristled.

"That’s dishonest, to say that I have a specific date. That’s simply wrong," he said. "That is not the case. I’ve never said that."

The former Massachusetts governor added: "I know he’s trying desperately to change the topic from the economy and trying to get back to Iraq, but to say something that’s not accurate is simply wrong — and he knows better."

Later in Sun City, Fla., McCain stuck to his assessment and said: "The apology is owed to the young men and women serving this nation in uniform."

He said he was quoting Romney as favoring a "timetable" for withdrawal and argued that he was not misquoting Romney, saying, "Clearly, the impression was that he was ready to set a date for withdrawal."

But Romney quotes circulated by McCain’s campaign didn’t show Romney making that exact comment — nor did aides back up McCain’s earlier comment that suggested that Romney "wanted to set a date for withdrawal."

In an interview with ABC News in 2007, Romney said: "There’s no question that the president and (Iraqi) Prime Minister al-Maliki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about. But those shouldn’t be for public pronouncement. You don’t want the enemy to understand how long they have to wait in the weeds until you’re going to be gone."

While Romney has never set a public date for withdrawal, he has said that he agrees with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, that U.S. troops could move to more of an oversight role in 2008.

McCain, for his part, has been a staunch supporter of the Iraq war and advocated more troops on the ground for years before Bush embraced that position last year and ramped up the number of U.S. forces in Iraq. The buildup helped curb violence in Iraq, and McCain has not been shy about claiming credit for the strategy’s success.

Romney aides labeled McCain’s charge "stunningly false," while McCain aides portrayed his Iraq comments as part of a broader effort in the coming days to question Romney’s leadership, foreign policy experience and judgment.

A former venture capitalist and business consultant, Romney has spent the past week arguing that he is the Republican best able to right a troubled economy, given his 25-year record in the private sector. He’s argued that McCain, who has spent much of his life in the military and in Congress, doesn’t have the qualifications necessary to lead the country out of a potential recession.

McCain, in turn, has sought to beat back Romney on the issue by arguing that a president needs to be ready to lead and qualified on both national security and economics, and he offers both — despite having previously acknowledged that the economy is not his strongest suit.

He also sought to rebut Romney’s criticisms in an unusual fashion: he dispatched high-profile surrogates to talk with the press corps traveling with the former governor. Among them: former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift. She boarded the Romney press bus to repeat similar criticisms to reporters.

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Associated Press Writers Glen Johnson in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Libby Quaid in Fort Myers, Fla., contributed to this report.

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Telling the truth would often result in alienating a block of voters. In a close race that can mean defeat in an election. Getting elected is a politician’s top priority, above all else. They all do it. JFK lied when he said the U.S. farmer could feed the world. He knew it wasn’t true, but it got him the farm vote along with a lot of the do-gooders votes–farmers saw $ bills while others felt the tug on their heartstrings. Ike Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe in WWII and later a two-term president. But it wasn’t ’til his farewell address to the nation that he warned us about the threat of our "huge military industrial complex". He had basically lied about it for his enire career by hiding from the general public what he knew. And even though I’d call him basically a good man, albeit plenty paranoid, even he was probably overwhelmed by it all. I could not imagine a politician surviving political office by telling the truth all the time. Jesus Christ tried it and you see what they did to him.

Canadian Car Insurance Rates are off the roof. It doesn’t make sense to me.

depends on where in the US you are comparing rates to. Also, in most states you have to carry some bare minimums that don’t do anyone much good whereas in Canada, I believe the required liability coverage is MUCH higher.

The difference in my car insurance quote from the bare minimum ($356.50) to second or third in each category ($1,422.90) is over a thousand dollars. This is for a 6-month quote.

I’m a very safe driver and have never been in an accident that is my fault. Someone rear-ended me once but there was only damage to his car.

Should I risk going with bare minimum coverage? What do other people out there do? What level of insurance do you guys have?

Liability insurance protects you from damage claims from others. The amount of coverage you need has nothing to do with how good a driver you are. You want to protect any other assets you may have, which could be lost if you are found at fault in an accident.

The damages from one accident could easily ruin you financially. Depending on who or what is involved, there can be claims from many people for medical bills, lost wages and damaged property.

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It is your choice. I recommend getting as much coverage as you could possibly afford. Personally, I have a several million dollar umbrella liability policy, on top of my high coverage auto insurance. The peace of mind it worth it.

I’m asking becasue a friend says he needed it.

Answer from a General Insurance Agent.

"SR22 Insurance" as is commonly referred to, Is actually only "Auto Insurance" with an SR22 Endorsement, where the insured has requested and the Insurer has agreed and filed a form SR22 with the state on the insured’s behalf.

An SR22 is generally required after a traffic citation for Driving without the appropriate Financial Responsibility (Insurance) as required by state law but can be requred in other situations such as DWI’s, uncovered accidents, certain weapons related traffic incidents, road rage, etc.

The driver needing the SR22 may or may not be a high risk Driver. It just depends on their driving record. If the only infraction on the drivers record is a a single no insurance ticket with no other violations then it is not considered high risk. If the requirement is due to a DWI or DUI and or if the SR22 Filing is required due to an accident without insurance or the above described, then thats another matter and would certainly be considered High Risk.

The law requires that should the policy Expire, Cancel or Non-Renew for any reason, The insurer must file a cancelation of the SR22 with the State. Should your filing period not yet be expired, Then the state will suspend your license for failure to comply with the SR22 requirement.

We write about a dozen of these policies a week.

Good Luck

also is a 14 year old volkswagen gold with 99,000 miles worth £550 ?? its in very good condition and has been well looked after
but any good cheap car insurance websites for young drivers would reallt help thank you

try quinn direct im 17 and get good cheap quotes from them

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