MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican John McCain showed up at a townhall-style meeting Wednesday with Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who tried his best to avoid the subject that brought them together: politics.
“I’m way outside my element here,” the World Series champ said. “I’m not going to lie. I’m a latecomer to the political thing. I’m not proud of that. But it is what it is.”
One voter tried to draw him out nonetheless, asking Schilling whether he would challenge Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
“I’m going to stick to winning one more World Series,” he said to cheers in Red Sox-supporting New Hampshire.
Schilling did say the next president has to be ready to lead on taxes and what he repeatedly called “the war in the Middle East.” He said McCain is best suited to deal with the challenges facing the U.S.
The Associated Press
