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Aug 26, 2008 10:24

John McCain
McCain and Jay Leno Joke About His Age



Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), makes an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Aug. 25, 2008, in Burbank, Calif. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

By Michael D. Shear
BURBANK, Calif. -- Bowing to the inevitability that Jay Leno would crack jokes about his age, Sen. John McCain came armed with one of his own.

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"You've got enough of those," Leno cracked. "You need a white one, too." Later, he asked McCain: "For $1 million, how many houses do you have?"

At that, McCain got serious, saying he had been imprisoned for five-and-a-half years during the Vietnam war, and that "I didn't have a house. I didn't have a kitchen table. I didn't have a table."

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