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Article: McCain Message to Joke Critics: Get a Life
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- April 20, 2007
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aaaaaa LAS VEGAS - Sen. John McCain has a message for any critics who thought his musical joke about bombing Iran wasn't funny: Get a life.
While campaigning for president in South Carolina on Wednesday, McCain responded to a question about how to deal with Iran by breaking into the melody of the Beach Boys song "Barbara Ann" but changing the lyrics to "Bomb Iran."
"That old, eh, that old Beach Boys song, 'Bomb Iran,'" McCain joked and then added: "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb ... anyway, ah ..." The audience responded with laughter.
The Arizona Republican was asked for his reaction to any negative response to the joke when he arrived in Las Vegas for a fundraiser Thursday night.
"Please, ...