Published July 07, 2012, 12:00 AM

McGovern and grandson


George McGovern is busy working on his speech for his next campaign stop as his grandson Matthew Rowan, 9 months old, crawls about his desk aboard the “Dakota Queen” plane in St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1972. Matthew has since changed his last name to McGovern and is now running for the Public Utilities Commission in South Dakota. (AP photo)


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