For the Record - March 26, 2008
John McCain: An article in Saturday’s Section A on Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s possible running mates quoted GOP consultant Scott Reed as saying, “By the time this election gets around, everyone is going to know he [would] be the oldest president ever sworn in.” McCain, at 72, would be the oldest first-term president. President Reagan was 73 when sworn into his second term.
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