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Radio talk show host Bill Cunningham's mocking and harsh criticism of Democrat Barack Obama upstaged Republican presidential candidate John McCain's rally today in Cincinnati. Sen. McCain apologized for the remarks by the WLW radio talk show host.

"I take responsibility and I repudiate what he said," Sen. McCain told reporters after the rally at Memorial Hall. Cunningham came out on stage to whip up the crowd as he often does at Republican campaign events in Cincinnati.

He called Obama a "hack Chicago-style Daley politican" and twice used Obama's middle name Hussein, referring to him as "Barack Hussein Obama." As Cunningham finished, Portman, who is mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate, took the microphone to introduce McCain. "Willie, you're out of control again. So, what else is new? But we love him," Portman said.

Cunningham spoke to the crowd and left, without meeting or speaking to the candidate. McCain also said he had never met Cunningham. McCain was not on stage when these remarks were made but was told of them later. "I will not tolerate anything in this campaign that denigrates either Sen. Obama or Sen. (Hillary) Clinton," McCain said after the rally.

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I’m going to do the show that day (mid-term election day) from the portico of the Speaker of the House’s office in the US Capitol. I’ve been invited there by the new Speaker of the House John Boehner

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