McCain suspends most convention activities Monday

1 of 11. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain and running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) tours the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency - Emergency Operations Command Center in Pearl, Mississippi, August 31, 2008.

Credit: Reuters/John Gress

ST. LOUIS | Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:36pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain ordered most of the Republican convention's activities suspended for Monday, the first day of the gathering, as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

"Of course this is a time when we have to do away with most of our party politics," McCain told a news conference on Sunday.

"We're going to suspend most of our activities except those that are absolutely necessary."

(Editing by Patricia Zengerle)
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