Biography
American politician, a Republican Senator from Arizona since 1992 and
the rival of George W. Bush for the GOP presidential candidacy of the
centennial. With a conservative voting record, he had made his name in
part by pounding his head against the wall of campaign-finance reform. On
foreign affairs and the military, McCain is an acknowledged expert, and
his chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee has taught him about the
mysteries of the information economy. On other issues, he may be thin but
he puts his faith in experts and asks voters as well. His strength is in a
campaign about character, an old-fashioned belief in honor that makes him
trustworthy, even to those who disagree with some of his policies. McCain
has always been a staunch conservative - pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax,
anti-regulation.
By age 40 he had already served as a naval aviator in the Vietnam war
and had spent 5 1/2 years of hell as a POW. On 10/26/1967 he had been shot
down on a mission over Hanoi, breaking both arms and legs. After solitary
confinement, he was transferred to a cell with 50 other prisoners. As the
son of Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet during the war, he had
turned down paternal sponsorship, resisting pressure from his North
Vietnamese captors to go free because his preferential treatment would
demoralize the troops. On 3/17/1973, he was turned over to American
authorities.
In 1977 McCain was promoted to Captain and reassigned to the Dept of
Navy's Office of Legislative affairs. He retired from the Navy in 1981 and
entered politics, winning the first of two terms in the House of
Representatives in 1982. In 1986 he was elected to the Senate to succeed
Goldwater. In September 1999, he launched a book tour promoting
"Faith of my Fathers," a three-generational bio of his, his
dad's and grand-dad's, both admirals, with the lessons of honor and
patriotism that they'd taught him.
On 7/03/1965 he married Carol, adopting her two sons, Douglas and
Andrew; they had a daughter together, Sidney Ann. After their 1980
divorce, he married former medical missionary, 18-year-younger Cindy
Hensley, who monitors the homework and television of their four kids, even
when on the campaign trail.
With a capacity for enthusiasm and his care for the underdog, McCain's
belief that character trumps ideology and that hard work is a winning
tactic proved accurate when he swept the New Hampshire primaries on
2/08/2000. His opponent, George W. Bush, seemed to be putting in little
effort to compete, and that, reluctantly, where McCain was meeting the
people in town halls and village squares.
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