McCain Aims to Recapture N.H. Support

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McCain Aims to Recapture N.H. Support
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Mar 17, 8:30 PM (ET)

By PHILIP ELLIOTT

MILFORD, N.H. (AP) - Sen. John McCain and his Straight Talk Express returned to New Hampshire highways Saturday, dragging with them questions about whether the Arizona Republican could repeat his 2000 primary win in spite of his support for the unpopular war in Iraq.

McCain set out to answer those concerns and invoke his scrappy campaign eight years ago against the party favorite, George W. Bush.

"Remember? I was second-tier back in 1999," McCain told reporters on his bus as they rode from a Nashua hotel and his first stop in Milford.

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Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks during a campaign stop in Milford, N.H., Saturday, March 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)


He's no longer the insurgent candidate. He's not trailing by huge margins, although former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani bests him in most head-to-head surveys. And he's no longer focusing solely on New Hampshire, a state he won by 19 points in 2000.

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