The Role Of Sept. 11 In Presidential Politics

from National Public Radio

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama say they will set aside partisan politics to appear together at ground zero on the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

John Harwood, a reporter with The New York Times, talks with Renee Montagne about how the politics of that event have played out in the last election and in the current one.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, September 10, 2008