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Plumber Joe's Humiliating No Show

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Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 05:55:05 PM PDT

CNN takes a look at what went wrong with McCain's planned Plumber Joe photo op earlier this morning. According to the McCain campaign, Joe decided he didn't want to go at the last minute, but according to Joe, they never followed up with him after making the initial invite.

Either way, it led to one of the most humiliating moments of the campaign for John McCain, who announced Joe's presence to the crowd only to quickly discover that Joe was a no show. An obviously flustered McCain then flubbed an attack line during his speech, and instead of recovering simply said: "never mind."

Here's video -- absolutely hilarious:

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