How many children does John McCain have?
Does he have grandchildren? From the Rovian smear tactics, we learned that McCain has a “black baby,” but do you know the child is 17-18 years old? As a society, we have been obsessed with family members of major presidential candidates: Roger Clinton, Billy Carter, Kitty Dukakis, Ronald Reagan, Jr., Tipper Gore, Teresa Heinz Kerry, and yes Bush children named George, Jeb, Marvin, and Neil. If McCain is hiding the fact that he has grandchildren to hide his age, that move would be horribly cynical. After all, we found out that when George H.W. Bush was running for president that he loves his grandchildren, including “the little brown ones.” According to answers.com, McCain has four grandchildren, though we don’t know from which children, who they are, and how old they are. According to Wikipedia, “McCain adopted her two children Doug and Andy, who were five and three years old at the time; he and Carol then had a daughter named Sidney in September 1966.” and “In 1984 McCain and his wife