Sen. McCain held a town hall meeting in Merrimack on Saturday while campaigning for president. I went with some ONE members to make sure that the world’s poorest people were represented, and as soon as I got in the door, I noticed ONE member Carly Kinney in her ONE shirt in one of the front rows!

The senator introduced Nashua Mayor Bernie Streeter, who is a NH ONE Ambassador and gave a short stump speech. He then took questions from the crowd, but stopped everything and pointed out Carly to the crowd. He asked that she stand and tell everyone about ONE. I quickly pulled out my camera and caught it on film.

After the town hall, many people came up to me, and to Carly, to say that they see the ONE ad on TV all the time. Many people were already wearing ONE bands too! I had a chance to talk briefly with Gov. Pawlenty and he was still talking about meeting ONE member Michael earlier in the day.

Just before he got on his bus, I was able to thank Sen. McCain for always taking time to make sure that the poorest people on earth had a voice in his town hall meetings. He told me that Carly did a much better job than I do, and that she is much prettier!

-Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional Organizer