John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.McCain was a son of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and grandson of Admiral John S. McCain Sr. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the U.S. Navy. McCain became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS ''Forrestal'' fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over Hanoi in October 1967, McCain was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early release. He sustained wounds that left him with lifelong physical disabilities. McCain retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona.
In 1982, McCain was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served two terms. Four years later, he was elected to the Senate, where he served six terms. While generally adhering to conservative principles, McCain also gained a reputation as a "maverick" for his willingness to break from his party on certain issues, including LGBT rights, gun regulations, and campaign finance reform where his stances were more moderate than those of the party's base. McCain was investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as one of the Keating Five; he then made regulating the financing of political campaigns one of his signature concerns, which eventually resulted in passage of the McCain–Feingold Act in 2002. He was also known for his work in the 1990s to restore diplomatic relations with Vietnam. McCain chaired the Senate Commerce Committee from 1997 to 2001 and 2003 to 2005, where he opposed pork barrel spending and earmarks. He belonged to the bipartisan "Gang of 14", which played a key role in alleviating a crisis over judicial nominations.
McCain entered the race for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, but lost a heated primary season contest to George W. Bush. He secured the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, beating fellow candidates Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, though he lost the general election to Barack Obama. McCain subsequently adopted more orthodox conservative stances and attitudes and largely opposed actions of the Obama administration, especially with regard to foreign policy matters. In 2015, he became Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He refused to support then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election and later became a vocal critic of the Trump administration. While McCain opposed the Obama-era Affordable Care Act (ACA), he cast the deciding vote against the American Health Care Act of 2017, which would have partially repealed the ACA. After being diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2017, he reduced his role in the Senate to focus on treatment, dying from the disease in 2018. Provided by Wikipedia
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Character is destiny inspiring stories every young person should know and every adult should remember by McCain, John, 1936-
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Faith of my fathers by McCain, John, 1936-
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13 soldiers : a personal history of Americans at war by McCain, John, 1936-
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Character is destiny : true stories every young person should know and every adult should remember by McCain, John, 1936-
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Worth the fighting for : a memoir by McCain, John, 1936-
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The restless wave : good times, just causes, great fights, and other appreciations by McCain, John, 1936-
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Thirteen soldiers : a personal history of Americans at war by McCain, John, 1936-
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Faith of my fathers by McCain, John, 1936-
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Hard call : great decisions and the extraordinary people who made them by McCain, John, 1936-
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Worth the fighting for : a memoir by McCain, John, 1936-
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Hard call : great decisions and the extraordinary people who made them by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Why courage matters : stories of bravery in action by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Worth the fighting for : the education of an American maverick and the heroes who inspired him by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Faith of my fathers by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Why courage matters : the way to a braver life by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Character is destiny [inspiring stories every young person should know and every adult should remember] by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Hard call [great decisions and the extraordinary people who made them] by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Why Courage Matters : The Way to a Braver Life. by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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Worth the fighting for : what I learned from mavericks, heroes, and politics by McCain, John, 1936-2018
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