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(above: a sculpture of two Roman senators)

Obama spoke.. McCain didn’t.

But the two did have a conversation on the Senate floor during the bailout debate yesterday.

See Obama’s remarks & learn more about the meeting of rivals after the jump.

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From the New York Times:

“WASHINGTON — It was Senator Barack Obama who crossed the aisle.

On Wednesday evening, as the senators gathered to vote on the $700 billion financial rescue package, Mr. Obama, Democrat of Illinois, walked over to the Republican side of the chamber to extend a greeting to Senator John McCain of Arizona.

While it took Mr. Obama several seconds to make his way over to Mr. McCain, the actual handshake lasted barely a second, as Mr. McCain responded with a chilly look, a turn of his head and a brief return handshake.”

I’ve not yet found any video of the account recounted above.

What do you think?

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