Nancy Reagan Endorses John McCain

Bloomberg.com: Former first lady Nancy Reagan endorsed Arizona Senator John McCain's presidential campaign in a move McCain said would encourage conservative Republicans to rally around his bid. Reagan called McCain a "good friend for over 30 years'' who is well prepared to become commander in chief. McCain, 71, was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for over five years after his aircraft was shot down over Hanoi in 1967.

"My husband and I first came to know him as a returning Vietnam War POW and were impressed by the courage he had shown through his terrible ordeal,'' Reagan said today in a statement released by the campaign and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation. I believe John's record and experience have prepared him well to be our next president."

McCain accepted Nancy Reagan's endorsement in the driveway of her Bel Air home in California. He thanked her for support and the "most gracious hospitality" she and her late husband extended to him and other POWs after the Vietnam War. "Obviously, this is an important, most important, expression of confidence," McCain said, speaking to reporters and a group of television cameras. . . . [Read More]

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