McCain and His Lucky Coin Face Florida Primary Test

ABC News’ Ron Claiborne Reports: By tradition, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., usually goes to a movie on election day.

At a polling station in St. Petersburg, Florida, he was asked if he’s going today and, if so, to what movie. He said: "I don’t know yet. But certainly will not be "This Is No Country For Old Men." The actual title lacks the words "This is."
          
McCain was also asked if he had his lucky coin with him — a penny he found with the head up in Portsmouth, N.H. the night before his victory in the 2000 New Hampshire Republican primary.
                                    
"I’ve been carrying it ever since," McCain explained as he dug it out of his left pocket (its magic apparently is ineffective only if carried in the right pocket.) "I must have misplaced it in Michigan."

He displayed the coin to reporters the day of this year’s New Hampshire primary — he won — and did not on the day of this year’s Michigan primary — he lost.
               
The lucky coin will face perhaps its toughest test in Florida where McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race marked by vitriolic exchanges in the final days before today’s primary.