Campaign 2008
John McCain
After a distinguished military career and 20 years in the Senate, Arizona Sen. John McCain has earned--for better or for worse--the nickname “maverick.” The Navy pilot was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for 5 1/2 years. When he returned, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 1986. In the Senate he has been an advocate for campaign finance reform and has tried to decrease the number of “pork barrel” projects.
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10 McCain Facts
The son of an admiral, McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
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The 2008 Money Race
Compare McCain’s fundraising with that of other candidates.
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The Primary Shuffle
Many states are shifting to earlier primaries or caucuses.
U.S. News Archive
Prisoner of War
John McCain spent 5 1/2 years in captivity as a POW in North Vietnam. His first-person account of that harrowing ordeal was published in U.S. News in May 1973.
McCain in the Blogosphere
- Who's Blogging Now
Technorati rounds up what the blogosphere is saying about John McCain.
Other Online Presidential News
- TechPresident
Examines how the 2008 presidential candidates are using the Web
- PrezVid
Follows the candidates' use of the video-sharing site YouTube
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