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"When I first met Meghan McCain, she was locked out of a high school in Greendale, Wisconsin. Her father, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, was inside speaking at a rally, and Meghan wanted to be there for him but couldn&amp;#x27;t. So what did she do? She laughed. It seemed like the best way for the 23-year-old, who is crossing the country by bus to help her dad&amp;#x27;s run for the White House, to respond. No matter whom you plan to vote for, it&amp;#x27;s refreshing to see a young woman enjoying herself so thoroughly on the political trail. Here, the would-be first daughter in her own words. 1. She is who she is--no apologies &amp;quot;Politicians often teach their kids to control what you say and not to trust. My parents just taught me: Be who you are.&amp;quot; 2. Her choice in guys might surprise you &amp;quot;I don&amp;#x27;t want to be an accessory to a guy&amp;#x27;s impending political career, and unfortunately I get that a lot. I&amp;#x27;m not attracted to guys with political action committees, I&amp;#x27;m sorry.... I&amp;#x27;m attracted to men whose realities are different [from mine]. You&amp;#x27;ll get a lot further with me talking about art and music than you will talking about politics.... And I&amp;#x27;d really hate myself if I dated a journalist.&amp;quot; 3. She gets crazy pickup lines &amp;quot;[Once, a guy said,] &amp;#x27;Baby, I could totally give you a tour of the Capitol.&amp;#x27; In fairness, he didn&amp;#x27;t know who my dad was. I just said, &amp;#x27;Really?&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; 4. She wants another tattoo [She already has a star on her foot.] &amp;quot;I almost got one on Super Tuesday. I was thinking about the nautical star, [similar to the one] on my dad&amp;#x27;s [campaign] sign. I love stars and obviously it&amp;#x27;s meaningful. Getting &amp;quot;McCain&amp;quot; on my back was vehemently shot down. If my brother Jimmy [who is in the Marine Corps] gets deployed again, we&amp;#x27;ll get matching tattoos.&amp;quot; 5. She has a great body image &amp;quot;I got to a point where I was like, I just don&amp;#x27;t care. You think I&amp;#x27;m fat? Fine. I don&amp;#x27;t care how much you weigh.&amp;quot; 6. She sees herself as a mentor &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m a role model to my little sister [Bridget, who&amp;#x27;s 17]. The last [thing] I&amp;#x27;d ever want her to think is that it&amp;#x27;s OK to be stupid and not involved. I want her [to know] that you can do it all--you can like fashion and clothes and movies but also be highly involved.&amp;quot; 7. She&amp;#x27;s a former Independent &amp;quot;I almost registered as a Democrat to be rebellious, but I registered as an Independent instead. Then my dad bragged about it, so it backfired. [In June, as a Father&amp;#x27;s Day gift to her dad, she reregistered as a Republican.] ...I don&amp;#x27;t relate to the hard right. I think that&amp;#x27;s common knowledge. It&amp;#x27;s time to reinvent the Republican Party. And I think my dad can do it.&amp;quot; 8. It&amp;#x27;s not &amp;quot;the war&amp;quot; to her--her brother was in Iraq &amp;quot;[When my brother Jimmy was deployed,] saying goodbye to him was like an out-of-body experience. It was all these kids--they looked like I could babysit them--with guns and bags...and everyone&amp;#x27;s crying. I just totally broke down, which I hadn&amp;#x27;t done up to that point. I was like, &amp;#x27;Just come back safe, come back, you&amp;#x27;re going to be fine.&amp;#x27; And then at the last minute, I was like, He could die. It was this really intense experience. I don&amp;#x27;t think anyone knows the military like my dad, and that&amp;#x27;s what&amp;#x27;s made me put my heart into the campaign.&amp;quot; 9. She&amp;#x27;s her father&amp;#x27;s daughter &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s difficult for me when I read bad press. I&amp;#x27;m his daughter, and I&amp;#x27;m a total daddy&amp;#x27;s girl. I go on dates and guys are like, &amp;#x27;Oh, you really look like John,&amp;#x27; and I&amp;#x27;m like, &amp;#x27;As I get older, I&amp;#x27;ll look more like him. [Laughs.] You could actually be dating John McCain.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; 10. But she&amp;#x27;s also like her mom &amp;quot;I try to be like her. She&amp;#x27;s so composed. I&amp;#x27;m learning from her; she never shows all her cards. I&amp;#x27;ve had to learn the hard way not to tell my life story to every journalist.&amp;quot; 11. You won&amp;#x27;t see her on a ticket anytime soon &amp;quot;I would help run a campaign, but I would never run for office. I&amp;#x27;ve seen how it affects families, and I&amp;#x27;d like to have one someday.&amp;quot; 12. She&amp;#x27;s having a ball on the campaign trail &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s been the best time of my life. [I&amp;#x27;ve got] my family; I&amp;#x27;ve got my two great friends with me; I get to meet interesting people. When I found out about the campaign, I went to my friends and said, &amp;#x27;My dad&amp;#x27;s running for president. Want to come?&amp;#x27;&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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