By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press
September 22, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain took an afternoon away from the campaign trail Saturday, traveling to the U.S. Naval Academy for his 50th class reunion.
The 72-year old McCain and his wife, Cindy, attended a private reception with other members of the Class of 1958. McCain later headed to the "Admiral's Bridge" above the Academy's stadium to watch the first quarter of the football game pitting the Midshipmen against Rutgers University's Scarlet Knights.
McCain's son, Jack, is a student at the Naval Academy. The Arizona senator often tells self-deprecating jokes about his own years there, noting that he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class.
Other members of the Class of 1958 include former academy superintendent Charles Larson, retired astronaut Bruce McCandless and John Poindexter, a national security adviser to President Reagan and a figure in the Iran-Contra scandal.
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