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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(CHESTER, Va.) The Obama campaign perked up yesterday when it learned that John McCain admitted in an interview with Politico that he was unsure of the number of homes he owns. "I think - I'll have my staff get to you," McCain said.

Those nine little words sprung the Obama campaign into frenzy. Less than 24 hours later, it released a national TV ad on cable, mobilized surrogates, and launched events in battleground states with titles such as “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: McCain Edition.:"

Potential Obama running mate, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, was the first to poke fun at the comments in a morning show interview. “He couldn’t count high enough apparently to even know how many houses he owns," Kaine said of McCain on CNN.

At his first campaign stop of the day, Obama brought up the McCain gaffe just nine minutes into his speech. “If you don’t’ know how many houses you have, then it’s not surprising that you might think the economy is fundamentally strong!” he said.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

SAVANNAH, GA -- After a brief rally in front of about 75 people at a small airfield in West Columbia, S.C., Mitt Romney assailed the new House spending bill.

“I think like a lot of Americans, I was surprised to see a bill come out of the House with 9,000 earmarks,” Romney said to reporters. “It also has a $20 billion increase year over year, excluding the money for Afghanistan and military purposes … I think this is another example of Washington out of control in terms of its spending, and I think that the need for the line item veto could not be more clear.”

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