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From CBS News' Jamie Farnsworth:

(CINCINNATI) On the Straight Talk Express en route to his town hall event, Sen. John McCain took a moment to meet with reporters to discuss today’s Supreme Court ruling on the DC handgun case.

“Obviously I am very pleased about that decision,” he said. “We had filed an amicus brief with 54 other senators. So I am pleased with that ruling."

Sen. Barack Obama, who has a history of supporting gun control, also issued a statement today saying: “I have always believed that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms, but I also identify with the need for crime-ravaged communities to save their children from the violence that plagues our streets through common-sense, effective safety measures. The Supreme Court has now endorsed that view, and while it ruled that the D.C. gun ban went too far, Justice Scalia himself acknowledged that this right is not absolute and subject to reasonable regulations enacted by local communities to keep their streets safe.”

McCain said this is another example of Obama’s flip-flopping on issues. “It’s one in a long in a long series in reversals of positions. In a few days he has gone from opposing nuclear power, to not a proponent, to willing to explore,” McCain said aboard the bus. “I fully anticipate -- whether it be on his pledge on public financing of his position on the 2nd amendment or any other issues -- he is changing his positions.”

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(WAYNE, PA) Barack Obama suggested today that, if elected president, John McCain will appoint judges to the Supreme Court who will likely overturn Roe v. Wade. While expressing his support for the Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo, Obama said McCain’s opposition to the ruling demonstrates his likelihood to appoint ultra conservative judges to highest court.

“John McCain has basically said he would appoint judges who don’t see a right to privacy, and as a consequence, would be likely to overturn Roe v Wade,” Obama told a small group of supporters at a town hall meeting here, “You’re just one justice away from that.”

He used Senior Associate Justice, John Stevens, as an example of someone likely to retire soon and whose seat may be vacated during an Obama or McCain presidency. He also said that decisions made in lower courts will be influenced by who is elected and can “make the country a little more fair and a little less fair.”

He added, “If you want to preserve civil liberties, if you want to preserve civil rights, if you want to make sure that the courts are looking out for consumers and not just big business then that should be a factor in your decision making in this election.”

Earlier, Obama said he supports the Supreme Court’s ruling on Guantanamo because habeas corpus is “who we are. … I mean you remember during the Nuremberg trials, part of what made us different was even after these Nazis had performed atrocities that no one had ever seen before, we still gave them a day in court and that taught the entire world about who we are.”

From CBS News' Aaron Lewis:

KEENE, N.H. -- Tonight, we got a little taste of what a typical dinner conversation might sound like in the Edwards household - at least with John, Elizabeth, and Cate.

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