McCain Campaign Scorns Remarks About Obama

If he wins in November, McCain, 71, would be the oldest president elected to the office. He was diagnosed in 2000 with skin cancer and had surgery.

McCain told reporters that "everything's fine. . . . Like most Americans, I go see my doctor fairly frequently," according to the Associated Press.

-- Michael D. Shear

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Girl in Clinton '3 a.m.' Ad Is an Obama Supporter

Sen. Hillary Clinton's much-talked-about campaign ad -- featuring a ringing phone and images of vulnerable, sleeping children -- has come under new scrutiny, thanks to the protestations of one unwitting star of the commercial.

The ad starts by zooming in on a sleeping little girl in blue pajamas as the narrator intones: "It's 3 a.m. and your children are soundly asleep. . . . Who do you want answering the phone?" Cut to Clinton, picking up the phone, working diligently to solve America's problems.

Turns out the little girl in the commercial is now nearly 18, and has made it clear that she'd prefer to have Clinton's rival -- Obama -- pick up the line.

Casey Knowles of Seattle told a local television station this weekend that she was shocked to turn on the television recently and see herself connected to Clinton. The video footage of Knowles was filmed eight years ago when she was working as a television extra, and the Clinton campaign bought it for the ad.

Knowles has been campaigning for Obama for months and served as a precinct captain for his Washington state campaign in February. She has no control over how her image is used.

"I think it would be wonderful if me and Barack Obama could get together and make a nice counter-ad," Knowles told KING-TV.

-- Krissah Williams