McCain to attend Vail Valley fund-raiser Aug. 14

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will attend a $1,000-a-plate fund-raising luncheon at a private home in the Vail Valley town of Edwards Aug. 14, according to the Vail Daily.

Henri Stone, a local Republican Party organizer and the chairwoman of the McCain campaign in Eagle County, told the newspaper that McCain will attend with his wife, Cindy.

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