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TODAY goes backstage with the 2008 presidential candidates and their staffs to capture the long bus rides, the strategizing, the raw and the exciting moments that will give voters real insight into who these men and women really are, and how they would lead this country.

  Tim Russert: 1950-2008
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Barack Obama

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US Senator Obama stands before addressng concerns of former employees and family members of two Illinois nuclear weapons in Naperville
  A call to serve
Sen. Barack Obama has long heard the call to a public life.

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US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) smiles as he is inte
  A legacy of service
Sen. John McCain’s life has revolved around the public need.

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Image: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elton John.
  Celebrity endorsements
Plenty of celebrities have turned out to support candidates running for the presidency.

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