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Barack and John meet in Chicago at Barack's invitation. The official story:

After a private meeting in the Obama transition offices on the 38th floor of the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago, the two men issued a joint statement saying that they agreed “that Americans of all parties want and need their leaders to come together and change the bad habits of Washington so that we can solve the common and urgent challenges of our time.”

The statement continued: “We hope to work together in the days and months ahead on critical challenges like solving our financial crisis, creating a new energy economy, and protecting our nation’s security.”

Per the very brief press avail, BAGnewsNotes has an analysis of the facial expressions that speaks of less unity than the statement. Check out the body language, particularly McCain's, in the video from those fleeting moment.

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