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'''Roberta McCain''' (Oklahoma? 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.  

'''Roberta McCain''' (Oklahoma? 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 CNN's Borger on McCain's mother]</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 CNN's Borger on McCain's mother]</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: