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McCain Home after Visit to Mexican Shrine
The Associated Press
July 4, 2008
PHOENIX - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is spending the Fourth of July in Arizona after visiting Mexico's holiest Roman Catholic shrine.
McCain wrapped up his Latin American trip with a stop yesterday in Mexico City, where he met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and visited the Basilica of Guadalupe.
He viewed the famed portrait of the Virgin of Guadalupe and received a blessing from the Basilica's monsignor. McCain also laid a wreath of white roses at the altar and stood atop the papal balcony.
McCain's visit to the Basilica had clear political overtones as Catholic and Hispanic voters are expected to be key swing voters in the November election.
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