That's right...sorry, my mistake. For some reason I thought he was elected in 2006 but it was 2004.
As for the 'experience' issue, I don't recall McCain himself using it against Obama as much as Hillary (and Biden) did during the primaries.
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And to think, perhaps a main reason why McCain got voted into the GOP Nomination was because many thought he was the one GOPer that could beat Hillary.
