Palin Has Cheesesteak w/ Gaffe, Mac Backtracks

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As Denise Williams reported, John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, was safely tucked away eating

cheesesteaks during Friday night's debate. Well, tucked away, at least.

A Temple grad student managed to pry a gaffe out of her as she waited for her Philly steak. From CNN:

"So we do cross border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan you think?" Rovito asked.

"If that's what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should," Palin responded, before moving on to greet other voters.

John McCain tried his best at damage control, casting the questioner as some sort of surveillance expert, on This Week:

"She would not...she understands and has stated repeatedly that we're not going to do anything except in America's national security interest," McCain told ABC's George Stephanopoulos of Palin. "In all due respect, people going around and... sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that's-that's a person's position... This is a free country, but I don't think most Americans think that that's a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin."

Here's Palin's cheesesteak-induced gaffe:

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Filed Under: Republicans, John McCain, 2008 President, Gaffes, Sarah Palin

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