Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, poses for photo with Christian Evangelist Billy Graham and his son Franklin Graham at the Graham family mountain top retreat in Montreat , N.C., Sunday, June 29, 2008

The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives, visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina.

"We had a very excellent conversation. I appreciated the opportunity to visit with them," McCain said after the 45-minute meeting.

McCain said he did not know if the Grahams would vote for him. "I didn't ask for their votes," he said, calling them "great leaders."

After the meeting, Franklin Graham issued a statement praising the Arizona senator's "personal faith and his moral clarity."

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