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Speaking to a Pittsburgh TV station this week during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, Sen. John McCain talked about his affection for the Steelers -- saying that when he was first interrogated as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, he gave the name of the Steelers' front four as the names of his squadron mates.

Two problems with the story. First, as noted by J.J. Cooper on AOL's FanHouse blog, McCain was captured a few years before the Steelers 1970s glory days. At the time of his capture, Cooper writes: the Steelers front four consisted of Ken Kortas, Chuck Hinton, Ben McGee and Lloyd Voss -- I can only tell you that because I looked it up.

That's not all: As the same Pittsburgh TV station that aired McCain's original comment later pointed out, the Steelers story contradicts one he has written in the past, that under interrogation he recited the names of Green Bay Packers offensive linemen. The station reported that McCain's campaign called the contradiction an honest mistake.

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vicky said:

I got a nice Holmes jersey from sport-jerseys.biz.

Link | February 6, 2009 2:10 AM
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