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7.  Embryonic stem cell research.  McCain supports embryonic stem cell research as a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.
 
7.  Embryonic stem cell research.  McCain supports embryonic stem cell research as a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.
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== Electability ==
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John McCain was a member of the [[Keating Five]], a scandal relating to the [[Savings and Loan Crisis]].  The Senate Ethics Committee criticized him for "questionable conduct."  His Democratic opponent, or the media, could publicize this.
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John McCain has cancer (melanoma) and has undergone multiple operations for it.<ref>http://www.riskworld.com/PressRel/2001/01q3/PR01a027.htm</ref>  Cancer was an issue that hurt the presidential candidacy of Paul Tsongas in 1992. 
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John McCain will turn 71 years old before the first primary, making him one of the oldest candidates to seek the presidency.
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Among evangelicals, who form a multi-million vote bloc essential to electing President [[George W. Bush]], John McCain is weak on the issue of trusting him.  [[James Dobson]], a leading evangelical, has already declared that he "would not vote for John McCain under any circumstances."<ref>http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/elections/16473337.htm</ref>
    
==References==
 
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