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invitation. i feel right at home here because it is often said i share the politics of alfred e. smith and the ears of alfred newman. it is an honor to be here with al smith. i never knew your great- grandfather. everything senator mccain told me, the two of them had a great time before prohibition. [laughter] i am not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. when this matter was submitted, they would readily see it had no place in our constitution. it would be very difficult if not impossible to explain to those who come to this country to make it their business to seek that no such matter as this is ever again made the subject of a federal constitutional laws. you have been listening to the 2008 presidential nominees talking at that your s al smith dinner followed by al smith himself talking about the lifting of prohibition. welcome to the contenders series. we come to you from albany, new york where all smith served for 12 years before becoming the ....