McCain faces up to second presidential defeat

Defeated for the second time in a presidential campaign, John McCain will return to the US Congress where he has served the state of Arizona for the past 26 years.

At the age of 76 in 2012, the septuagenarian will be too old to consider running against Barack Obama at the end of the Democrat’s first term, especially with his young and energetic running mate Sarah Palin waiting in the wings.