Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web

July 20th, 2008 By JOCELYN NOVECK , AP National Writer Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web (AP)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers question during an Associated Press interview in New York, Saturday, July 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(AP) -- If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help. Robinson is now 106 - that's 35 years older than McCain - and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives. "I started to learn because I wanted to e-mail my family," she says - in an e-mail message, naturally.



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