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Less Than 48 Hours Into His Candidacy, Setti Warren Already Caught Flip-Flopping

He’s only been an announced Senate candidate for less than 48 hours but already Newton Mayor Setti Warren has been caught speaking out of both sides of his mouth on a key issue. In an interview with National Journal yesterday, Warren attacked Senator Scott Brown for supporting the bipartisan tax cut compromise in December, saying, “[he] is absolutely wrong in continuing to support tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.” However, in an addition to conveniently overlooking that Senator John Kerry — along with several Democrats in the Massachusetts’ House delegation — voted the same way as Brown, Warren is apparently hoping voters will overlook that he took the exact opposite position on this issue in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box in February.  In fact, Warren went so far as to praise President Obama for striking “the best deal” that he could get. Click here to watch and we hope…