GOP Ticket Agrees: Stevens Must Go

Alaska governor stopped short on state's senior senator, now toes nominee's line
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 28, 2008 2:09 PM CDT
GOP Ticket Agrees: Stevens Must Go
Ted Stevens leaves federal court in Washington after a guilty verdict was returned by the jury at his trial yesterday.   (AP Photo)

John McCain and Sarah Palin delivered Ted Stevens a synchronized shooing toward the Senate door today, Politico reports. McCain said  the 84-year-old Republican senator, convicted yesterday of corruption, “should now step down,” while Palin—who stopped short last night of urging her fellow Alaskan to resign—said today “he needs to step aside,” ABC News adds. (More Ted Stevens stories.)

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