John McCain sleeps like a baby, he says. But they also cry

John McCain hit the campaign trail in Georgia on Thursday.

No, this is isn't Groundhog Day. McCain was stumping for somebody else.

He was in Cobb, Ga. to rally support for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who is locked in a tough runoff battle with Democrat Jim Martin.

Chambliss beat Martin 49.8% to 46.8% on election day, but since he didn't win 50% of the vote, a runoff is set for Dec. 2.

It was McCain’s first political appearance since  he lost the presidential election to Barack Obama, and  he was in good humor.

He told a crowd of about 1,500 Georgians that someone recently asked him how he's doing since his defeat.

“I told him I sleep like a baby,” McCain said. “I wake up every two hours and cry.” An ancient joke used by politicians after an election loss, most recently by McCain himself the other night on national TV with Jay Leno.

-- Kate Linthicum

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Comments

[dave]

anyone that has heard or read his concession speech could at least at this time realize that he never intended to win the presidency, and was not meant to, but really fully supports the policies that also determined the pick of obama for the next presidential puppet.