SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AND WIFE CINDY DROP OFF THEIR ELECTION BALLOTS IN CENTRAL PHOENIX THURSDAY. (AP PHOTO)
The time and location of where John and Cindy McCain were to vote this morning was supposed to be a secret. But word leaked out to a few people, probably when the Secret Service cleared out the polling place at the Albright United Methodist Church to prepare for the arrival of the Republican candidate. About 100 supporters were waiting in the church parking lot when the McCains’ motorcade arrived about 9:15 a.m. Several had hand-printed signs on white posterboard to cheer McCain on.

Ignoring state law that requires all media to stay 75 feet away, reporters and photographers assigned to the campaign were escorted in right behind the McCains as they entered the church. Both McCains had already filled out the ballots and swiftly dropped them off before heading outside again. McCain signed a few autographs as they walked along, and the media crossed against a low block wall in hopes of catching a comment. But McCain just finished signing, smiled and moved on.

McCain’s hair became unruly in the breeze and his wife reached out to pat it down before they jumped back into the motorcade.

This probably is one of the worst day’s ever for a politician to have a bad hair today. But as you can see from the AP photo below, McCain’s white stuff is likely to be trouble. The photo was taken about 20 minutes earlier as McCain wandered the balcony of the upper-level condo that his family now owns near the Arizona Biltmore mall.

Once the voting was done, the motorcade headed to the Biltmore resort, where McCain spent about 30 minutes doing television media interviews and just relaxing. Then everyone loaded up for a trip to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where McCain and a huge entourage of staff, media and security were to board his chartered jet. McCain was greeted on the tarmac by Sen. Joe Lieberman, who apparently is joining the campaign for the final two stops in Colorado and New Mexico, a sign of how close the two have become.

Just before climbing aboard, the McCains did pose for photo with a number of Arizona staff and volunteers. This photo comes from my camera phone, as the batteries in my Canon digital had just died (Isn’t that always the luck?).

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