Happy Birthday Mama McCain
Roberta McCain, mother of presidential hopeful John McCain, waves to the crowd as she celebrates McCain's results on Super Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona.
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John McCain's mother Roberta turns 96 today. The remarkably spry elder McCain has been traveling with her son's campaign as a living, breathing rebuttal to anyone who thinks the 71-year old Senator is too old for the White House.
John McCain likes to tell the story of how his mother traveled to France last year for a driving vacation, only to be told she was too old to rent a car. Undeterred, Roberta McCain went out and bought a car. (Not hard to see where the Senator gets his anything-is-possible attitude. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)
-- Scott Horsley
7:27 AM ET | 02- 7-2008 | permalink

