Today, August 29th, John McCain is celebrating his 72nd birthday by announcing his VP pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. In 2007 he similarly deflected from his annual age increase by officially announcing his bid for president, done via The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. 

Other past celebrations include the festive 2005 pastry-op with President Bush shown above (taken as New Orleans was getting Katrina’d) and a 2006 celebration spent on the yacht of Russian aluminum tycoon and Putin-ally Oleg Deripaska.

We at The Seminal wish the old warhorse a happy day.