"If it turns out that we both need to be in Washington, we've both got pretty big planes," Obama said in a press conference just now, during which he affirmed his support to debate as planned. "We both can get from Washington to Mississippi pretty quickly." He added: "I think it's very important that the American people see the people who will be in charge of these decisions in a few months."

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