Tempers flare as Ill. Senate candidates face off Republican challenger Steve Sauerberg accused incumbent U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of endangering troops in Iraq by criticizing the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, prompting an outraged response from Durbin as the two debated Thursday night. ''I don't know where the bottom is anymore in your campaign. Why don't you debate the issues?'' Durbin said. ''Common decency still works.'' ''It does still work,'' Sauerberg shot back, ''and you should have shown it in your remarks about our troops.'' The two also differed sharply on how to respond to the nation's economic turmoil, with Sauerberg calling for corporate tax cuts and minimal government regulation. Durbin defended the recently approved $700 billion bailout package and said Congress should do more to minimize future busts...
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