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Sources told The Post that McCain himself might visit the Gulf Coast during the week of the Republican National Convention, which begins tomorrow. McCain is not scheduled to make his nomination speech until Thursday.
The contingency plan – a worst case scenario if the storm devastates coastal areas – would turn Republicans into Red Cross-type volunteers who would help collect donations, food and goods to help storm victims.
McCain – whose campaign motto is “Country First” – said helping people during an emergency will take precedence over accepting his GOP nomination for president.
“It wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster,” McCain told Fox News in a pretaped interview airing today.
(Second link stolen from Instapundit.)
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