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NPR's Joanne Silberner was at McCain HQ in Arlington, VA recently speaking with one of his advisors about health policy. She returned with this unrelated gem...

It turns out McCain is a pretty superstitious guy. The proof: his campaign office. It technically starts on the 13th floor. But that floor is simply identified by the letter "M". After moving in, the campaign renamed the entire floor, including the elevator buttons. According to one staffer, McCain's #13-phobia is a hangover from his fighter-pilot days.

-- Sean Bowditch

2:08 PM ET | 08-21-2008 | permalink

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That's just the kind of logical thinking we need from a commander in chief.

Sent by Sean | 2:42 PM ET | 08-21-2008

I've just been reading wikiquote pages of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

So much sense.

Then you listen to modern politicians, it's all bleached out and dead sounding.

It's just sad,

"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, -- if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other."

-Benjamin Franklin

Sent by Jody Sol | 4:41 PM ET | 08-21-2008

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