Politically suited: Top 10 campaign fashion stories

9. The flag pin.
Barack Obama created a flap when he explained to an Iowa reporter that he'd stopped wearing his American flag lapel pin in the wake of the Iraq war because the pin "became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism." Pundits on both sides pounced. Issues of red, white, and blue rarely allow for shades of gray, and Obama once again began donning a flag pin for some events.
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9. The flag pin. Barack Obama created a flap when he explained to an Iowa reporter that he'd stopped wearing his American flag lapel pin in the wake of the Iraq war because the pin 'became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism.' Pundits on both sides pounced. Issues of red, white, and blue rarely allow for shades of gray, and Obama once again began donning a flag pin for some events.