Clinton and McCain 'reading from the same playbook'

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain were “reading from the same political playbook” and their proposed summer fuel tax holiday was simply “pandering to voters”, Barack Obama said today.

The young Illinois senator, who is in a tight fight with Mrs Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, highlighted the rare clear policy difference between the two as he campaigned for votes in Indiana and North Carolina ahead of next Tuesday’s primary election contests.