McCain meets with the Rev. Billy Graham

MONTREAT, N.C., June 29 (UPI) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain met Sunday with evangelists Franklin Graham and Billy Graham at the request of the Arizona senator.

The closed-door meeting at the Rev. Billy Graham's home in Montreat, N.C., lasted for about 45 minutes, Franklin Graham said in a statement.

Franklin Graham, who serves as president and chief executive officer of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse international relief, said he and his father were "pleased" to meet with McCain.

"Sen. McCain's office had requested a meeting in recent months and we appreciate the effort he made to travel to my father's home," Franklin Graham said. "I was impressed by his personal faith and his moral clarity on important social issues facing America today."

The younger Graham said he is not endorsing a candidate for president.

"While as a Christian minister I am not endorsing a candidate for president, I do endorse the responsibility of men and women of faith everywhere to vote and to be involved in the political process," he said.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.