John McCain's campaign asked a prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave his official campaign role Thursday after a Politico inquiry about Shirley's dual role consulting for the campaign and for an independent "527" group opposing the Democratic presidential candidates.
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Update: I just spoke to Shirley and according to him:
"We haven't been on a retainer with McCain for two months, which begs the question -- how could we be asked to be a part of something we hadn't been involved in for two months?"
Update: I believe the original Politico headline was titled something like: "McCain ousts consultant" -- which was factually true, but, perhaps, misleading. The headline now reads "
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