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Remarks by John McCain During 'Service to America' Tour Event in Prescott, Arizona Contact: Press Office, 703-650-5550; www.JohnMcCain.com ARLINGTON, Va., April 5 /Standard Newswire/ -- U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery on the final stop of his "Service to America" tour today at Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona at 10:00 a.m. MST: Thank you. As everyone familiar with Arizona politics knows, Prescott is where Barry Goldwater formally began his Senate campaigns and his campaign for the presidency on the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse. As his successor and in deference to...

Mo reached out to me in 50 different ways," McCain recalled. "Right from the start, he'd say: 'I'm going to hold a press conference out in Phoenix. Why don't you join me?' All these journalists would show up to hear what Mo had to say. In the middle of it all, Mo would point to me and say, 'I'd like to hear John's views.' Well, hell, I didn't have any views. But I got up and learned and was introduced to the state." Four years later, when McCain ran for and won Barry Goldwater's Senate seat, he said he felt...

When the nation votes in November, working control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on three Western races involving three members of a Mormon family whose roots in the region go back 155 years. The Udalls remain rooted in the inland West, where political power has flowed through four generations. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., was in Seattle last week to raise money in his campaign for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Wayne Allard. He is an Outward Bound veteran, outdoorsman and conservationist in the tradition of his father, the late Rep. Morris Udall, D-Ariz. "It's in his blood. It's...