Minnesotans will have an up close view of McCain
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The McCain campaign said ten Minnesotans (in addition to the delegates) will be watching John McCain's acceptance speech up close. I'm told they'll be
in the front row (right in front of Ohio).
on the stage behind McCain.
Among them are Jerry Driscoll, who was a prisoner of war in the Hanoi Hilton with McCain, and Lisa Sisinni, a Clinton supporter who wrote an op-ed saying she'll vote for McCain. The McCain campaign says the other Minnesotans are a police officer, a fire fighter, a paramedic, a gold star mother (a woman who lost a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan), a member of the McCain Hispanic Coalition, a McCain volunteer and Olympic wrestler Jacob Deitchler.
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