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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.   
 
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. This would not make him the oldest elected president, however, as he would be younger than [[Ronald Reagan]] was.
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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.
    
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>
 
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>
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