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May 25, 2007

McCain Meets With Firefighters' President

Last night, Sen. John McCain had dinner with Int'l Assoc. of FireFighters pres. Harold Schaitberger. We're told that McCain asked to meet with Schaitberger on the heels of the senator's appearance at a DC presidential forum earlier in March.

Schaitberger's union, the first to endorse John Kerry in '04, intends to be rigorously bipartisan this cycle, although the iAFF does not much like ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

What did they talk about? We're not sure -- but we bet immigration came up. There's a disconnect between many labor leaders and the Dem leadership on the merits on the Senate compromise, and Schaitberger is said to oppose the bill that McCain is touting. [MARC AMBINDER]


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