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Political notes from Free Press staff writers Terri Hallenbeck, Sam Hemingway and Nancy Remsen
2.14.2008
McCain's visit
John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, made an airport pit stop in South Burlington today to speak at rally attended by more than 400 folks. The Arizonan appeared in good spirits, pretending to guzzle a bottle of maple syrup presented to him by Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie as Dubie welcomed the senator to Vermont. Speaking later about the evil of earmarks, McCain joked about the $3 million allocated to study the DNA of bears in Montana. "I don't know if that's a paternity issue or a criminal issue, but it was your money," McCain declared as the crowd chuckled. McCain, who was headed to Rhode Island later in the day, said he came to Vermont because he wants to "take the campaign everywhere" and hopes to "win next Tuesday's primary." Reminded later by a reporter that Vermont's primary isn't until March 4 , he acknowledged the goof and said he was glad to be corrected before he got to Providence. He also said he intended to come back to Vermont during the fall campaign if he's the nominee. During his stump speech, he touched on his support for the war and for combatting climate change, saying on such a cold day as this, that term seemed more appropriate than "global warming." He said he supported making Bush's tax cuts permanent, dramatically reforming the tax code and chasing down Osama bin Laden even if it means following him to the "gates of hell." McCain's speech lasted about a half hour. -- Sam Hemingway
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