A photo caption with The Trail in the Oct. 26 A-section incorrectly described John McCain as a Navy captain when he met President Richard M. Nixon in 1973. McCain was a lieutenant commander at that time. Years later he was promoted to captain, and he retired from the Navy at that rank.
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McCain and Clinton
Hillary Rodham gives the commencement address at Wellesley College in 1969. The future first lady was in college while McCain was fighting in Vietnam.
(Wellesley College Archives)
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A NEW YEAR'S VOTING
Jan. 3 Vote for Iowa Democrats?
Iowa Democrats are poised to move their vote to Jan. 3, placing the contest on the same day Republicans have already chosen and one of the earliest presidential caucus days in history.
The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, Scott Brennan, will recommend the date to top party officials on a conference call Sunday and it is expected to be approved.
By setting this date, Iowa is ensuring its influence will remain in the presidential nomination process; at least for now it will have the earliest vote of any state, although New Hampshire officials are considering a primary in December.
-- Perry Bacon Jr.
A BID FOR SUPPORT
Giuliani Meets With Brownback
Even in a party generally opposed to abortion rights, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) is uniquely outspoken in his concern about the issue, having called abortion a "holocaust" and likened the antiabortion movement to the fight against slavery.
But after an hour-long meeting in his Senate office with former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Brownback seemed on the verge of backing the only candidate in the Republican race who supports abortion rights. Brownback, who dropped out of the Republican race last week after struggling to raise money or gain in polls, is being courted by several of the remaining candidates who are eager to get the backing of one of the party's most committed social conservatives.
Giuliani came to Washington for this meeting, and while Brownback didn't endorse the ex-mayor, he praised Giuliani as an "excellent leader" and said he was "much more comfortable" with Giuliani's views on abortion and gay rights after the meeting. Asked by reporters at a brief news conference after the meeting if he could support a "pro-choice" nominee, Brownback said "I don't know whether he describes himself . . . as a pro-choice candidate" and then said he would let Giuliani explain his own views. Giuliani reiterated that he does not like abortion and would like to live in a country without abortions, but that he would not push to ban it.
-- Perry Bacon Jr.
