Arizonan stops by quilt shop in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, where craftspeople offer a rendition of “Old Ship of Zion.”

One woman says she doesn’t plan to vote for McCain, but “he showed himself that he wanted to help us, and that made me feel good.’’

Earlier: McCain praises civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama at the start of his weeklong tour of economically depressed places. Rep. John Lewis responds warmly.