McCain Explains Small Bandages: ‘I Hit the Roof’ of a Car

WSJ ^ | 6/23/08 | Elizabeth Holmes

[ellery]

They were well hidden on the pale skin and beneath the white hair. But a closer look revealed what John McCain was perhaps hoping to hide: two small bandages on the top of his head.

The 71-year-old senator from Arizona has battled skin cancer multiple times, making the sight of a bandage more alarming than usual. “Why does he have two band aids (sic) on top of his head?” a Democratic operative wrote in the subject line of an email as the press conference was taking place.

But McCain quickly dismissed that concern when a reporter asked him about it.

“I was getting out of the car in Canada and I hit the roof a teeny bit,” McCain said, blushing a little bit at the question. “The car was much smaller than the one I am usually being ferried around in by our beloved secret service.”

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[Viking2002]

Every time I cut the grass, I bong my noggin on the bird feeder.

I gotta move that damn bird feeder.

[Lijahsbubbe]

He put a band aid on his head because he bumped it?

[cw35]

May just be easier to move your grass!

[rlmorel]

I can relate...I have really jammed my neck before, hitting the door jamb of my wife’s Toyota when exiting or entering. There is just something about the geometry that gets me...

[Bahbah]

You need to wear your helmet when you mow.

[Bahbah]

You need to wear your helmet when you mow.

[Bahbah]

I don’t mean to sound like I’m nagging.

[kbennkc]

Bong + grass = head injury

[MARTIAL MONK]

Cindy whupped on him.

[dforest]

I guess McCain needs to wear a helmut when getting out of an energy saving car instead of one of those gubmint SUV’s.

Maybe he could advocate a ton of ceiling padding on those electric cars that might happen 25 years from now.

Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?

[ExpatGator]

Take that dang helmet off!

[Lijahsbubbe]

Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?

A "maverick"?

[Dumpster Baby]

Rough seks in da hotel.

:o)

[ellery]

“The car was much smaller than the one I am usually being ferried around in by our beloved secret service.”

Sounds to me as if he's slamming the secret service...

[dforest]

Uh, okay, I stand corrected;^)

[ninergold3]

Bong + grass = head injury munchies

[Bahbah]

Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?

I don't know. It's odd.

[dforest]

Perhaps they could put all those security modifications on a Yugo or something to ferry McCain around? LOL

Or maybe something like the Popemobile.

[21twelve]

No, then he would have said “my friends, the Secret Service”.