Early life of john mccain
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American Navy Lieutenant, and future U.S. Senator John Sidney McCain III, circa
When John McCain made his first bid for public office in , running for a House seat in Arizona, critics blasted him as a carpetbagger, pointing out that he’d only lived in the state for 18 months.
“Listen, pal, I spent 22 years in the Navy,” the exasperated candidate reportedly shot back at one event. Then, after explaining that career military people tend to move a lot, he delivered a retort that made the attacks against him seem ridiculously petty: “As a matter of fact… the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.”
McCain won the election, launching a political career that earned him two terms in the House, six in the Senate, and his party’s presidential nomination in But even after four decades in public life, McCain’s experience as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam continued to define him in the minds of many Americans, admirers and detractors alike. While he ultimately made his
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Who Was John McCain?
The son of a decorated Navy admiral, John McCain enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy and was dispatched to Vietnam, where he was tortured as a prisoner of war between and After his release, McCain served as a Republican congressman and medlem av senat from the state of Arizona, earning renown as a "maverick" who challenged party orthodoxy. He launched a bid for the U.S. presidency in and earned the Republican nomination in , before losing to Barack Obama. After winning a sixth Senate term in , McCain made headlines for his opposition to Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare and his battle with brain cancer. A day after deciding to stop treatment for his cancer, McCain died at his home in Sedona on August 25,
Navy Blood
John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, , at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone (then a U.S. territory), the second of three children born to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and his wife, Robert
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John McCain
American politician and military officer (–)
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| Preceded by | Barry Goldwater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | John Jacob Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Jacob Rhodes III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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