Jokes all around as McCain, Obama join charity roast
US Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R) laughs as US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) speaks at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Thursday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Photo: AFP
The pitched battle for the White House briefly made way for good humour and a good cause Thursday as Barack Obama and John McCain traded jibes at a white-tie charity dinner in New York.
Twenty-four hours after their last debate before the November 4 election, the presidential hopefuls were star turns at the celebrity-studded event to raise money for poor children in honour of the late New York governor Al Smith.
McCain went first, announcing he had just replaced all his campaign staff with Joe the Plumber, the Ohio entrepreneur who became a household name overnight after McCain invoked him in Wednesday's debate.
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