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Best man/woman

Still not sure who to support in the 2008 presidential election? Be happy you're not former Defense Secretary William Cohen and his black wife, Janet Langhart.

"We like all three," she tells Inside the Beltway.

"Bill was best man to John McCain in his wedding to Cindy," she points out.

"We love the Clintons," she continues. "Not only is HillaryClinton capable as a woman of becoming president, which is sentimental to me, President Clinton gave Bill and me an opportunity of a lifetime to represent this country and the U.S. military."

"And I share ancestral roots with Barack Obama," she concludes. "That could be my son; I have almost this maternal feeling for him. Together we share and understand our history and our struggle ... ."

Mickey-D moment

An Alexandria woman named Kim A. writes of "a historic moment under the golden arches."

"I was at the McDonald's on Henry Street at 1:00 p.m. with three little children, and it was exactly the time that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was making his announcement endorsing Barack Obama for president.

"It was dead quiet. Two African-American men were standing around the televisions mounted on the walls, and two Hispanic families seated around me also watched intently. As soon as Richardson endorsed Obama, an African-American woman next to me called her husband and told him what had happened.