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Singer Tim McGraw Eyes Politics NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country singer Tim McGraw says he wants to run for office someday in his adopted home state of Tennessee — perhaps for governor or U.S. senator — and he's getting encouragement from a fellow Democrat, former President Clinton. "I think he's got it," Clinton says of McGraw in an Esquire magazine story that hits newsstands Monday. "The Democrats need candidates whom people can relate to in a personal way, people who understand their lives and their concerns and share their values. And I think that's something Tim can do without even pretending."...

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Former Phillies pitcher Tug McGraw was admitted Thursday to a Florida hospital, gravely ill with a brain tumor, a source said. McGraw, 58, a star reliever when he played with the team, was the Phillies guest pitching instructor at spring training The Phillies withheld details of McGraw's illness, saying only that he was undergoing tests at Morton Plant Hospital. "I'm very concerned about Tug," Larry Bowa said Thursday. "We're praying for him." Asked if he's going to visit McGraw, Bowa said, "From what I understand, I don't think he can have visitors right now." McGraw has been...