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In the video, Matt Damon says if you look up the actuarial tables there is a one in three chance that McCain will die within the next four years. Damon then boldly challenges us to "do the actuarial tables". Well, I did...and Damon is off...WAY off. The actuarial tables supplied by the U.S. government indicate a one in seven chance, NOT a one in three chance, as Damon claims. Take a look at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html If you add up the four years for males from ages 72 to 75 you get 0.151985 which translates to about 1/7th or one in 7.