He Tolerates Agents of Intolerance!John Sidney McCain III has served as a United States senator from Arizona since 1987. He has long had presidential ambitions, having lost the Republican presidential primary in 2000 to George W. Bush. In February 2008 McCain effectively won the race to be the Republican party candidate for president, following the withdrawal of Mitt Romney from the contest. A strong supporter of the war in Iraq, McCain also advocates campaign finance reform and immigration reform.
In January 2007 McCain had this to say in favor of President Bush's escalation plan for Iraq: "There is much agreement that the dire situation in Iraq demands a political solution. That is true. But we must also realize what it will take to enable any political solution. It is simply impossible for meaningful political and economic activity to take place in an environment as riddled with violence as Baghdad is today. Until the government and its coalition allies can protect the population, the Iraqi people will increasingly turn to extra-governmental forces, especially Sunni and Shiite militias, for protection." McCain stated his view at a Senate hearing on Iraq.
As his father and grandfather were both prominent U.S. Navy admirals (John S. McCain, Jr. and John S. McCain, Sr.), John McCain followed the same path. He graduated from the U.S Naval Academy in Annapolis MD in 1958 and had a 22-year military career. As a Navy pilot, he flew combat missions over Vietnam during the Vietnam war, and spent five years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, Vietnam after his plane was shot down in October 1967.
The North Vietnamese repeatedly tortured McCain. To this day, he cannot raise his arms above his head, due to the severe beatings which resulted in two broken shoulders. At some points during his imprisonment, he was beaten two to three times per week. During his military career, McCain received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
First elected to the U.S Congress in 1982, McCain was then elected as a U.S senator from Arizona in 1986. He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, but was defeated by George W. Bush in a nasty campaign featuring a variety of lies, slanders and distortions on both sides.
McCain has earned a reputation for candor and straight talk. During the 2000 presidential primary campaign, McCain called Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson "agents of intolerance." However, in 2006 McCain described Falwell as "my friend" during a speech at Falwell's Liberty University.
McCain holds conservative views on the military and most social issues. He is strongly opposed to abortion and the use of tobacco. He supported the 2003 Iraq invasion and his speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention centered around that theme. He fights against pork barrel spending and supports legislation that will expand health care and education. He has strong concerns for global warming and environmental issues. He is against the Federal Marriage Amendment. McCain supports the teaching of "intelligent design" in schools and believes all points of view should be available to students.
Despite his earlier rivalry with Bush, he was one of the President's most enthusiastic supporters in the 2004 U.S. presidential election campaign. McCain effectively won the 2008 Republican party presidential primary in February 2008. However his age may become an issue in the 2008 campaign, as McCain will be 72 by the time the polls open in November 2008.
McCain is married to Cindy Hansley McCain, his second wife. He has eight children: he adopted his first wife's two sons Doug and Andy, and had a daughter with her. Four of his children are from his marriage with Cindy: Meghan, Hack, Jimmy, and James. Plus, they adopted their youngest daughter Bridget from a Bangladeshi orphanage that was run by Mother Teresa.
John McCain Poll Results
This poll ran from November 14 to 25, 2006.
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"Washington is Hollywood for ugly people."
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   1508/72%
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591/28%
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Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and Vietnam war hero, speaking at a Washington Press Club Foundation congressional dinner in early 2003. McCain said "Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded." | |
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