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Article: McCain courts Billy, Franklin Graham
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - John McCain met Sunday with evangelist
Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family's mountaintop
retreat.
The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting
religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives,
visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney
Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.
"We had a very excellent conversation. I appreciated the
opportunity to visit with them," McCain said after the 45-minute
meeting.
McCain's visit to North Carolina was his first sit-down with
Billy Graham, 89, and with Franklin Graham, although McCain and the
elder Graham are acquainted. McCain's father and ...
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