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Roberta McCain (b. 1912) is the mother of [[John McCain]], the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008. She has long been outspoken and more [[conservative]] than her son John, whom she has even publicly criticized.  

'''Roberta McCain''' (1912-) is the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], a [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008. She has long been outspoken and more [[conservative]] than her son John, whom she has even publicly criticized.  

In early 2008, despite [[John McCain]] having just won the [[New Hampshire]] and [[South Carolina]] primaries, Roberta McCain declared that she did not think her son "has any" support by the Republican base. [[CNN]] senior political analyst Gloria Borger observed that "now we know where McCain gets all the straight talk from. We think it's his mother."<ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280010</ref>

In early 2008, despite [[John McCain]] having just won the [[New Hampshire]] and [[South Carolina]] primaries, Roberta McCain declared that she did not think her son "has any" support by the Republican base. [[CNN]] senior political analyst Gloria Borger observed that "now we know where McCain gets all the straight talk from. We think it's his mother."<ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280010</ref>

She is shy around publicity and her son John largely omitted her from his best-selling book. She told [[Time Magazine]] in 2000, when [[John McCain]] first ran for president, that:

She is shy around publicity and her son John largely omitted her from his best-selling book. She told [[Time Magazine]] in 2000, when [[John McCain]] first ran for president, that:

:"I am so shy and so nervous that I couldn't tell you anything. I can't think on my feet. I would have a heart attack or jump out this five-story window. I'm worried that whatever I would tell you would be true."

:"I am so shy and so nervous that I couldn't tell you anything. I can't think on my feet. I would have a heart attack or jump out this five-story window. I'm worried that whatever I would tell you would be true."

She was 88 years old then; as of 2008 she is 95 years old. She has been presented to the media by [[John McCain]] as a way of defusing questions about his age of 72, which would make him the oldest person to be elected president for the first time.

She was 88 years old then; as of 2008 she is 95 years old. She has been presented to the media by [[John McCain]] as a way of defusing questions about his age of 72, which would make him the oldest person to be elected president for the first time.

In 2008, as it became apparent that [[John McCain]] would be the [[Republican]] nominee, his mother Roberta declared that [[conservatives]] would have to "hold their nose" while they vote for him. John was asked about this:<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/04/eveningnews/main3789119.shtml</ref>

In 2008, as it became apparent that [[John McCain]] would be the [[Republican]] nominee, his mother Roberta declared that [[conservatives]] would have to "hold their nose" while they vote for him. John was asked about this:<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/04/eveningnews/main3789119.shtml</ref>

:KATIE COURIC: They'll support you even if, as your 95 year old mom, Roberta, said, they have to hold their nose while they're doing it?

:KATIE COURIC: They'll support you even if, as your 95 year old mom, Roberta, said, they have to hold their nose while they're doing it?

Roberta McCain's husband Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. died in 1981.

Roberta McCain's husband Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. died in 1981.

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