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A presidential candidate who's named Hussein and wears a turban? A building that's called the White House but run by a black guy?
John McCain's camp said it will tolerate neither race-based messages nor false accusations of racism.

Barack Obama's campaign will be examining its opponent's political messages for racial references.

Those political images and ideas already have found their way onto TV airwaves and campaign buttons, possible harbingers of racially tinged messages in a general election involving the first black candidate to head a major party's ticket.