Transcript: John McCain And His Mother (& video) [View All]

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/08/eveningnews/main4081741.shtml

(CBS) CBS News anchor Katie Couric asked Sen. John McCain about issues ranging from the situation in Myanmar to who he'd rather run against in the general election to his Mother's Day plans. Appropriately enough, McCain’s 96-year-old mother, Roberta McCain, also joined the discussion. She spoke candidly about her marriage to a distinguished naval officer, their lives during WWII, her son’s captivity in Vietnam and her thoughts on the “age issue” her son might face with voters.

What follows is a full transcript of the interview.

Katie Couric: Let me start with you, if I could. You eloped, I understand … in Tijuana because your family didn't fully support your marriage to Sen. McCain's father.

Roberta McCain: That's right. You know, I see now what they're … it took a long time for me to figure it out, but I was so young. And, of course, I was still in school. And, of course, they objected. And my… the only thing about them maybe. And I think she had, you know what, a sailor has a girl in every port. I think she heard that.

Couric: Hopefully that wasn't true.

John McCain: You were at the University of Southern California at the time.

Roberta McCain: Yeah, I was …

John McCain: Living in a sorority house, is that right?

Roberta McCain: Yes. Over the weekend, before my final exams in January, I took my text books to study that weekend, if you can believe that?

Couric: When you were eloping?

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