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McCain Shows It's Good To Be A Mama's Boy

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 18, 2007

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Dogged by suggestions that he's too old to be president, John McCain often has said he should bring his mother to campaign stops to demonstrate his good genes. On Wednesday, he did.

'I am so happy to be here. I think I'm going to cry,' 95-year-old Roberta McCain said as she introduced her son to about 200 seniors at a retirement community. She said three generations of McCain women are supporting his campaign.

She later took her first trip on McCain's famous campaign bus. 'It's a thrill for me to be invited to tag along,' she said.

The 71-year-old Arizona senator told the crowd Medicare is on its way to going broke in 2019.

'I would also remind you that Social Security is going to go broke as well,' he said, pointing to a chart. He said older voters owe it to their children and grandchildren to fix the problems.

McCain hit on other issues important to older voters when he stopped at the sprawling Sun City Carolina Lakes development in the South Carolina suburbs of Charlotte, N.C. He talked about using clinics and prescription drug reforms to cut medical care costs and expanding veteran programs to include a card to be used with any health care provider.

The Associated Press

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