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Five questions: Pat Boone at the RNC

With more top 40 hits than Madonna or Billy Joel, rock 'n' roll legend Pat Boone is considered by many as "The Original American Idol." So when the squeaky clean singer-songwriter waltzed into the CNN Grill at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul for a bite to eat, we couldn't resist the opportunity to ask the lifelong conservative how he thinks the race is shaping up and whether he has an apropos song for this year's historic election. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=7VycQ9"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=7VycQ9" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=BSpvNL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=BSpvNL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=ZjbMCL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=ZjbMCL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=zRGiYl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=zRGiYl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=V8dGRL"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=V8dGRL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=QcdeBl"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=QcdeBl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/381840987" height="1" width="1"/>