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McCain Again Cites Bogus Abdulmutallab 'One-Way' Ticket Meme (VIDEO)

Justin Elliott | February 4, 2010, 2:01PM

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

A couple of weeks ago, Sen. John McCain got into a heated exchange with an Obama counterterrorism official who corrected the senator's false statement that the accused Christmas bomber traveled to Detroit on a one-way ticket.

Well apparently McCain, the third-ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, didn't learn his lesson. Last night on Fox he once again claimed that the "fact" that Umar Abdulmutallab was traveling on a one-way ticket should have been a red flag.

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