Mary Schmich: Happy 82nd birthday, John McCain. Thanks for growing old with us
On the night John McCain lost to Barack Obama in the race to be president of the United States, I was caught in a crowd of jubilant people in Chicago, many of them young, streaming up North Michigan Avenue.
It was November 2008, euphorically warm for Chicago, and Obama had just delivered a victory speech in Grant Park. I'd voted for the winner so I was happy too - until I passed several
