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Prescott, AZ — Sen. McCain called on Sen. Obama Saturday to personally condemn the remarks by talk radio show host Ed Schultz, who referred to the AZ Senator as a “warmonger” yesterday during an Obama campaign rally.

“I would hope that in keeping with his commitment…that Senator Obama would condemn such language since it was part of his campaign,” McCain said at a press conference today following a speech in Prescott. “That kind of thing I don’t think is necessary at all in this campaign. I’ve made it very clear how I feel about war and my experiences with it.”

Despite an Obama campaign statement in which traveling press secretary Jen Psaki said “John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such,” the McCain campaign is pushing for personal repudiation of Schultz by the Democratic candidate.

“Senator Obama must personally and publicly repudiate his campaign supporter’s attacks–rather than give tacit approval to this blatant smear — or his rhetoric of change will be exposed as nothing but words,” McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said.