[[Image:John and Roberta McCain.jpg|thumb|right|220px|John and Roberta McCain]]
'''Roberta Wright McCain''' (born 7 February 1912, [[Oklahoma]]) is the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008, whom she has described as ''"a shitter from the very beginning''."<ref>[httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsckD9trn4&eurl=http://evangelicalsformccain.org/meetthesenator.htm ''John McCain: Courageous Service'']. Interview with Roberta McCain. Accessed 5 March 2008</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 he's his mother."''<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280010 CNN's Borger on McCain's mother]</ref>