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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Remainder_of_fourth_Senate_term"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Remainder of fourth Senate term</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Remainder_of_fourth_Senate_term-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fifth_Senate_term" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fifth_Senate_term"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Fifth Senate term</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fifth_Senate_term-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sixth_and_final_Senate_term" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sixth_and_final_Senate_term"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Sixth and final Senate term</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sixth_and_final_Senate_term-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Makkeyn" title="Con Makkeyn – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Con Makkeyn" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86" title="جان مککین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جان مککین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="জন ম্যাককেইন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জন ম্যাককেইন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Джон Сідні Мак-Кейн – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джон Сідні Мак-Кейн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Джон Маккейн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Джон Маккейн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Джон Маккейн – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джон Маккейн" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BD" title="Τζον Μακέιν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζον Μακέιν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86" title="جان مککین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان مککین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A7%A4%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B8" title="존 매케인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="존 매케인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%84%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6" title="Ջոն Մաքքեյն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջոն Մաքքեյն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="जॉन मैक्केन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जॉन मैक्केन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8" title="জন ম্যাককেইন – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জন ম্যাককেইন" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="ג'ון מקיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ון מקיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99-%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ჯონ მაკ-კეინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჯონ მაკ-კეინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_McCain" title="Ioannes McCain – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ioannes McCain" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_Makeins" title="Džons Makeins – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džons Makeins" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BD" title="Џон Мекејн – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Џон Мекејн" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BA_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B5%BB" title="ജോൺ മക്കെയ്ൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജോൺ മക്കെയ്ൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8" title="जॉन मॅककेन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जॉन मॅककेन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86" title="جون ماكين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون ماكين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86" title="جان مک کین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="جان مک کین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Жон МакКэйн – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Жон МакКэйн" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%BD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%99%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဂျွန် မက်ကိန်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂျွန် မက်ကိန်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="ジョン・マケイン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョン・マケイン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Маккейн, Джон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Маккейн, Джон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A" title="ජෝන් මැකේන් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ජෝන් මැකේන්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%86" title="جان مڪين – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="جان مڪين" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BD" title="Џон Макејн – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Џон Макејн" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="ஜான் மெக்கெய்ன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஜான் மெக்கெய்ன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%99_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%99" title="จอห์น แมคเคน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จอห์น แมคเคน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Джон Маккейн – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Джон Маккейн" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86" title="جان مکین – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جان مکین" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makkein_D%C5%BEon" title="Makkein Džon – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Makkein Džon" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="John McCain" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%BA%A6%E5%87%AF%E6%81%A9" title="约翰·麦凯恩 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="约翰·麦凯恩" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">Jon Kyl</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from Arizona's <span data-sort-value="Arizona01 !"><a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Arizona's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">John Jacob Rhodes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Jacob Rhodes III">John Jacob Rhodes III</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em"> Senatorial positions </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Armed Services Committee">Senate Armed Services Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2015 – August 25, 2018<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Carl Levin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Jim Inhofe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Indian_Affairs_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Indian Affairs Committee">Senate Indian Affairs Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell" title="Ben Nighthorse Campbell">Ben Nighthorse Campbell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Byron Dorgan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Daniel Inouye</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ben Nighthorse Campbell</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Commerce_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Commerce Committee">Senate Commerce Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Fritz Hollings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Ted Stevens</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 20, 2001 – June 3, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Fritz Hollings</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Fritz Hollings</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Pressler" title="Larry Pressler">Larry Pressler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Fritz Hollings </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Sidney McCain III</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1936-08-29</span>)</span>August 29, 1936<br /><a href="/wiki/Coco_Solo" title="Coco Solo">Coco Solo</a>, Panama Canal Zone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 25, 2018<span style="display:none">(2018-08-25)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cornville,_Arizona" title="Cornville, Arizona">Cornville, Arizona</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy_Cemetery" title="United States Naval Academy Cemetery">United States Naval Academy Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Carol_McCain" title="Carol McCain">Carol Shepp</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="July 3, 1965">1965</span>; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="April 1980">1980</span>)<wbr />​</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cindy_McCain" title="Cindy McCain">Cindy Hensley</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="May 17, 1980">1980</span>)<wbr />​</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">7, including <a href="/wiki/Meghan_McCain" title="Meghan McCain">Meghan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Jr." title="John S. McCain Jr.">John S. McCain Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Wright" class="mw-redirect" title="Roberta Wright">Roberta Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCain" title="Joe McCain">Joe McCain</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Civilian awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (<a href="/wiki/Posthumous_award" title="Posthumous award">posthumous</a>, 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_mccain_signature2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="John McCain's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/John_mccain_signature2.svg/128px-John_mccain_signature2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/John_mccain_signature2.svg/192px-John_mccain_signature2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/John_mccain_signature2.svg/256px-John_mccain_signature2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="173" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181230025839/https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/">Senate website</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">John Wayne</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1958–1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> (<a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war"><abbr title="Prisoner of war">POW</abbr></a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder" title="Operation Rolling Thunder">Operation Rolling Thunder</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wounded_in_action" title="Wounded in action"><abbr title="Wounded in action">WIA</abbr></a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> (2) with <a href="/wiki/Combat_%22V%22" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat "V"">Combat "V"</a></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star Medal</a> (3) with Combat "V"</div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a></li> <li><i>(<a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Military_awards" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">more...</a>)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_speaks_on_the_2016_Presidential_Transition.ogg" title="File:John McCain speaks on the 2016 Presidential Transition.ogg">John McCain's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="363" data-mwtitle="John_McCain_speaks_on_the_2016_Presidential_Transition.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/John_McCain_speaks_on_the_2016_Presidential_Transition.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/20/John_McCain_speaks_on_the_2016_Presidential_Transition.ogg/John_McCain_speaks_on_the_2016_Presidential_Transition.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">McCain speaks on the <a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">2016 presidential transition</a><br />Recorded November 16, 2016</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Sidney McCain III</b> (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> officer who served as a <a href="/wiki/U.S._senator_from_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. senator from Arizona">U.S. senator from Arizona</a> from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> and was the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>'s nominee in the <a href="/wiki/2008_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 U.S. presidential election">2008 U.S. presidential election</a>. </p><p>McCain was a son of Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Jr." title="John S. McCain Jr.">John S. McCain Jr.</a> and grandson of Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Sr." title="John S. McCain Sr.">John S. McCain Sr.</a> He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Academy">U.S. Naval Academy</a> in 1958 and <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">received a commission</a> in the U.S. Navy. McCain became a <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviator_(United_States)" title="Naval aviator (United States)">naval aviator</a> and flew <a href="/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-attack aircraft">ground-attack aircraft</a> from <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, he almost died in the <a href="/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire" title="1967 USS Forrestal fire">1967 USS <i>Forrestal</i> fire</a>. While on a bombing mission during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder" title="Operation Rolling Thunder">Operation Rolling Thunder</a> over <a href="/wiki/Hanoi" title="Hanoi">Hanoi</a> in October 1967, McCain was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a>. He was a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of <a href="/wiki/Torture" title="Torture">torture</a> and refused an out-of-sequence early <a href="/wiki/Repatriation" title="Repatriation">release</a>. He sustained wounds that left him with lifelong physical disabilities. McCain retired from the Navy as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">captain</a> in 1981 and moved to Arizona. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United States">LGBT rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gun_regulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gun regulation">gun regulations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform_in_the_United_States" title="Campaign finance reform in the United States">campaign finance reform</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Keating_Five" title="Keating Five">Keating Five</a>; he then made regulating the <a href="/wiki/Financing_of_political_campaigns" class="mw-redirect" title="Financing of political campaigns">financing of political campaigns</a> one of his signature concerns, which eventually resulted in passage of the <a href="/wiki/McCain%E2%80%93Feingold_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="McCain–Feingold Act">McCain–Feingold Act</a> in 2002. He was also known for his work in the 1990s to restore <a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations" title="United States–Vietnam relations">diplomatic relations with Vietnam</a>. McCain chaired the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Commerce_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Commerce Committee">Senate Commerce Committee</a> from 1997 to 2001 and 2003 to 2005, where he opposed <a href="/wiki/Pork_barrel" title="Pork barrel">pork barrel</a> spending and <a href="/wiki/Earmark_(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)">earmarks</a>. He belonged to the bipartisan "<a href="/wiki/Gang_of_14" title="Gang of 14">Gang of 14</a>", which played a key role in alleviating a crisis over judicial nominations. </p><p>McCain entered the race for the <a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2000_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2000 presidential campaign">2000 Republican presidential nomination</a>, but lost <a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Republican Party presidential primaries">a heated primary season contest</a> to <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>. He secured the <a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2008 presidential campaign">2008 Republican presidential nomination</a>, beating fellow candidates <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a>, though he lost the general election to <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. McCain subsequently adopted more orthodox conservative stances and attitudes and largely opposed actions of the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a>, especially with regard to foreign policy matters. In 2015, he became Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Armed Services Committee">Senate Armed Services Committee</a>. He refused to support then-Republican presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a> and later became a vocal critic of the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a>. While McCain opposed the Obama-era <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> (ACA), he cast the deciding vote against the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017" title="American Health Care Act of 2017">American Health Care Act of 2017</a>, which would have partially repealed the ACA. After being diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Glioblastoma" title="Glioblastoma">glioblastoma</a> in 2017, he reduced his role in the Senate to focus on treatment, dying from the disease in 2018. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_military_career_(1936–1981)"><span id="Early_life_and_military_career_.281936.E2.80.931981.29"></span>Early life and military career (1936–1981)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">Early life and military career of John McCain</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h3></div> <p>John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at <a href="/wiki/Coco_Solo" title="Coco Solo">Coco Solo</a> Naval Air Station in the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a>, to naval officer <a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Jr." title="John S. McCain Jr.">John S. McCain Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roberta_McCain" title="Roberta McCain">Roberta Wright McCain</a>. He had an older sister, Sandy, and a younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCain" title="Joe McCain">Joe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-bio-ch1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-bio-ch1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> was under U.S. control,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was granted <a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_United_States" title="Citizenship of the United States">U.S. citizenship</a> at the age of eleven months.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His father and his paternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Sr." title="John S. McCain Sr.">John S. McCain Sr.</a>, were also <a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Academy (United States)">Naval Academy</a> graduates and both became <a href="/wiki/Four-star_admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star admiral">four-star admirals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-naval_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-naval-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The McCain family moved with their father as he took various naval postings in the United States and in the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-bio-ch1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-bio-ch1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the younger McCain attended a total of about 20 schools.<sup id="cite_ref-ap-wmd_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-wmd-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, the family settled in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a>, and McCain attended <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_High_School_(Alexandria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal High School (Alexandria)">Episcopal High School</a>, a private preparatory boarding school in <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He excelled at <a href="/wiki/Scholastic_wrestling" title="Scholastic wrestling">wrestling</a> and graduated in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He referred to himself as an <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopalian</a> as recently as June 2007, after which date he said he came to identify as a Baptist.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Formal portrait of young, dark-haired man in white naval uniform" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG/170px-McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG/255px-McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG/340px-McCain_at_Annapolis.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1496" /></a><figcaption>McCain at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">Naval Academy</a>, 1954</figcaption></figure> <p>Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, McCain entered the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a>, where he was a friend and informal leader for many of his classmates<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-ns-ch1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-ns-ch1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sometimes stood up for targets of <a href="/wiki/Bullying" title="Bullying">bullying</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-naval_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-naval-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also fought as a lightweight <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nw051407_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nw051407-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned the nickname "John Wayne" "for his attitude and popularity with the opposite sex."<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain did well in academic subjects that interested him, such as literature and history, but studied only enough to pass subjects that gave him difficulty, such as mathematics.<sup id="cite_ref-az-naval_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-naval-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came into conflict with higher-ranking personnel and did not always obey the rules. "He collected demerits the way some people collect stamps."<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Class_rank" title="Class rank">class rank</a> (894 of 899) was not indicative of his intelligence nor his <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_quotient" title="Intelligence quotient">IQ</a>, which had been tested to be 128 and 133.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-ns-ch1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-ns-ch1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain graduated in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-ns-ch1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-ns-ch1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_training,_first_marriage,_and_Vietnam_War_assignment"><span id="Naval_training.2C_first_marriage.2C_and_Vietnam_War_assignment"></span>Naval training, first marriage, and Vietnam War assignment</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Naval_training,_early_assignments,_first_marriage,_and_children" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">McCain began his early military career</a> when he was commissioned as an <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a>, and started two and a half years of training at <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a> to become a naval aviator.<sup id="cite_ref-alexander-32_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alexander-32-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there, he earned a reputation as a man who partied.<sup id="cite_ref-ap-wmd_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-wmd-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed flight school in 1960, and became a naval pilot of <a href="/wiki/Ground-attack_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-attack aircraft">ground-attack aircraft</a>; he was assigned to <a href="/wiki/A-1_Skyraider" class="mw-redirect" title="A-1 Skyraider">A-1 Skyraider</a> squadrons<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> aboard the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)" title="USS Intrepid (CV-11)">USS <i>Intrepid</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-feinberg_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feinberg-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Seas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-bio-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain began as a sub-par flier<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-bio-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was at times careless and reckless;<sup id="cite_ref-lat100608_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat100608-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the early to mid-1960s, two of his flight missions crashed, and a third mission collided with power lines, but he received no major injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-lat100608_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat100608-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His aviation skills improved over time,<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-bio-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was seen as a good pilot, albeit one who tended to "<a href="/wiki/Flight_envelope" title="Flight envelope">push the envelope</a>" in his flying.<sup id="cite_ref-lat100608_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat100608-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCainWithSquadron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Four military pilots posed in, on, or in front of, silver jet with United States markings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/McCainWithSquadron.jpg/300px-McCainWithSquadron.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/McCainWithSquadron.jpg/450px-McCainWithSquadron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/McCainWithSquadron.jpg/600px-McCainWithSquadron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="809" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant McCain (front right) with his squadron and <a href="/wiki/T-2_Buckeye" class="mw-redirect" title="T-2 Buckeye">T-2 Buckeye</a> trainer, 1965</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 3, 1965, McCain was 28 when he married <a href="/wiki/Carol_Shepp" class="mw-redirect" title="Carol Shepp">Carol Shepp</a>, who had worked as a runway model and secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dmr-mccain-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain adopted her two young children, Douglas and Andrew.<sup id="cite_ref-feinberg_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feinberg-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alexander-92_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alexander-92-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Carol then had a daughter, Sidney.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, he was a one-day champion on the game show <a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!"><i>Jeopardy</i>!</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain requested a combat assignment,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was assigned to the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a> flying <a href="/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="A-4 Skyhawk">A-4 Skyhawks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Vietnam_operations" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">His combat duty</a> began in mid-1967, when <i>Forrestal</i> was assigned to a bombing campaign, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder" title="Operation Rolling Thunder">Operation Rolling Thunder</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dmr-mccain-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mccain-185_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccain-185-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stationed in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin" title="Gulf of Tonkin">Gulf of Tonkin</a>, McCain and his fellow pilots became frustrated by micromanagement from Washington; he later wrote, "In all candor, we thought our civilian commanders were complete idiots who didn't have the least notion of what it took to win the war."<sup id="cite_ref-mccain-185_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccain-185-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Karaagac_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Karaagac-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 29, 1967, McCain was a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">lieutenant commander</a> when he was near the center of the <a href="/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire" title="1967 USS Forrestal fire">USS <i>Forrestal</i> fire</a>. He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded;<sup id="cite_ref-nyt073167_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt073167-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was struck in the legs and chest by fragments.<sup id="cite_ref-timberg-73_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timberg-73-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors.<sup id="cite_ref-ff-178_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-178-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the <i>Forrestal</i> out of commission, McCain volunteered for assignment with the <a href="/wiki/USS_Oriskany" title="USS Oriskany">USS <i>Oriskany</i></a>, another carrier employed in Operation Rolling Thunder.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Commendation_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Commendation Medal">Navy Commendation Medal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star Medal</a> for missions flown over North Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-ap050708_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap050708-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prisoner_of_war">Prisoner of war</h3></div> <p>McCain was taken <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Prisoner_of_war" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">prisoner of war</a> on October 26, 1967. He was flying his 23rd bombing mission over <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a> when his <a href="/wiki/A-4E_Skyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="A-4E Skyhawk">A-4E Skyhawk</a> was shot down by a missile over <a href="/wiki/Hanoi" title="Hanoi">Hanoi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hub-363_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-363-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain fractured both arms and a leg when he ejected from the aircraft,<sup id="cite_ref-Dobbs_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobbs-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and nearly drowned after he parachuted into <a href="/wiki/Tr%C3%BAc_B%E1%BA%A1ch_Lake" title="Trúc Bạch Lake">Trúc Bạch Lake</a>. Some North Vietnamese pulled him ashore, then others crushed his shoulder with a rifle butt and bayoneted him.<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was then transported to Hanoi's main <a href="/wiki/H%E1%BB%8Fa_L%C3%B2_Prison" title="Hỏa Lò Prison">Hỏa Lò Prison</a>, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton".<sup id="cite_ref-hub-363_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-363-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although McCain was seriously wounded and injured, his captors refused to treat him. They beat and <a href="/wiki/Interrogated" class="mw-redirect" title="Interrogated">interrogated</a> him and he was given medical care only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was an admiral.<sup id="cite_ref-hub-364_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-364-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His status as a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> (POW) made the front pages of major American newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt102867j_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt102867j-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain spent six weeks in the hospital, where he received marginal care. He had lost 50 pounds (23 kg), he was in a chest cast, and his gray hair had turned white.<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was sent to a different camp on the outskirts of Hanoi.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1967, McCain was placed in a cell with two other Americans, who did not expect him to live more than a week.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1968, McCain was placed in <a href="/wiki/Solitary_confinement" title="Solitary confinement">solitary confinement</a>, where he remained for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-1968, his father John S. McCain Jr. was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater, and the North Vietnamese offered McCain early release<sup id="cite_ref-hub-451_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-451-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because they wanted to appear merciful for propaganda purposes,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also to show other POWs that elite prisoners were willing to be treated preferentially.<sup id="cite_ref-hub-451_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-451-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain refused repatriation unless every man taken in before him was also released. Such early release was prohibited by the POWs' interpretation of the military <a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a>, which states in Article III: "I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To prevent the enemy from using prisoners for propaganda, officers were to agree to be released in the order in which they were captured.<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in August 1968, McCain was subjected to severe torture.<sup id="cite_ref-hub-453_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-453-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was bound and beaten every two hours, and he was suffering from heat exhaustion and <a href="/wiki/Dysentery" title="Dysentery">dysentery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hub-453_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hub-453-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further injuries brought McCain to "the point of suicide", but his preparations were interrupted by guards. Eventually, McCain made an anti-U.S. propaganda "confession".<sup id="cite_ref-az-pow_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-pow-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had always felt that his statement was dishonorable, but as he later wrote: "I had learned what we all learned over there: every man has his breaking point. I had reached mine."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usnwr73_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usnwr73-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many U.S. POWs were tortured and maltreated to extract "confessions" and propaganda statements;<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> virtually all eventually yielded something.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain received two to three beatings weekly because of his continued refusal to sign additional statements.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain refused to meet various anti-war groups seeking peace in Hanoi, wanting to give neither them nor the North Vietnamese a propaganda victory.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From late 1969, treatment of McCain and many of the other POWs became more tolerable,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while McCain continued to resist the camp authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain and other prisoners cheered the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II" title="Operation Linebacker II">U.S. "Christmas Bombing" campaign</a> of December 1972, viewing it as a forceful measure to push North Vietnam to terms.<sup id="cite_ref-usnwr73_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usnwr73-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years, until his release on March 14, 1973, along with 108 other prisoners of war.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt031573_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt031573-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His wartime injuries left him permanently incapable of raising his arms above his head.<sup id="cite_ref-vf0207_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vf0207-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, McCain, accompanied by his family, returned to the site on a few occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commanding_officer,_liaison_to_Senate,_and_second_marriage"><span id="Commanding_officer.2C_liaison_to_Senate.2C_and_second_marriage"></span>Commanding officer, liaison to Senate, and second marriage</h3></div> <p>McCain was reunited with his family when he <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Return_to_United_States" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">returned</a> to the United States. His wife <a href="/wiki/Carol_McCain" title="Carol McCain">Carol</a> had been severely injured by an automobile accident in December 1969. She was then four inches shorter, in a wheelchair or on crutches, and substantially heavier than when he had last seen her. As a returned POW, he became a celebrity of sorts.<sup id="cite_ref-az-return_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-return-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_19742.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man in thirties sitting in a chair, pack of cigarettes readily available" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_McCain_19742.jpg/220px-John_McCain_19742.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_McCain_19742.jpg/330px-John_McCain_19742.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_McCain_19742.jpg/440px-John_McCain_19742.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4499" data-file-height="2966" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant Commander McCain being interviewed after his return from Vietnam, April 1973</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg/220px-Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg/330px-Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg/440px-Richard_Nixon_Greets_John_McCain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3845" data-file-height="2314" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant Commander McCain greeting President Nixon, May 1973</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain underwent treatment for his injuries that included months of <a href="/wiki/Physical_therapy" title="Physical therapy">physical therapy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kristof_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristof-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McNair" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort McNair">Fort McNair</a> in Washington, D.C., during 1973–1974.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was rehabilitated by late 1974, and his flight status was reinstated. In 1976, he became <a href="/wiki/Commanding_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commanding Officer">Commanding Officer</a> of a training squadron stationed in Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-az-return_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-return-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dict-va174_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dict-va174-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He improved the unit's flight readiness and safety records,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the squadron its first-ever <a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dict-va174_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dict-va174-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period in Florida, he had extramarital affairs, and his marriage began to falter, about which he later stated: "The blame was entirely mine".<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Senate_liaison,_divorce,_and_second_marriage" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">McCain served as the Navy's liaison</a> to the U.S. Senate beginning in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-Frantz_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frantz-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retrospect, he said that this represented his "real entry into the world of politics, and the beginning of my second career as a public servant."<sup id="cite_ref-az-return_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-return-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His key behind-the-scenes role gained congressional financing for a new <a href="/wiki/Supercarrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Supercarrier">supercarrier</a> against the wishes of the <a href="/wiki/Carter_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Carter administration">Carter administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kristof_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristof-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-Kristof_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristof-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain met <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Lou_Hensley" class="mw-redirect" title="Cindy Lou Hensley">Cindy Lou Hensley</a>, a teacher from <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hensley" title="Jim Hensley">father</a> had founded <a href="/wiki/Hensley_%26_Co." title="Hensley & Co.">a large beer distributorship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They began dating, and he urged his wife, Carol, to grant him a divorce, which she did in February 1980; the uncontested divorce took effect in April 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-alexander-92_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alexander-92-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kristof_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristof-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The settlement included two houses and financial support for her ongoing medical treatments due to her 1969 car accident; they remained on good terms.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain and Hensley were married on May 17, 1980, with Senators <a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Hart" title="Gary Hart">Gary Hart</a> attending as <a href="/wiki/Groomsmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Groomsmen">groomsmen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dmr-mccain-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's children did not attend, and several years passed before they reconciled.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kristof_65-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristof-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John and Cindy McCain entered into a <a href="/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement" title="Prenuptial agreement">prenuptial agreement</a> that kept most of her family's assets under her name; they kept their finances separate and filed separate <a href="/wiki/Tax_return_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax return (United States)">income tax returns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap041808_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap041808-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg/220px-Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg/330px-Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg/440px-Phoenix-John_Mccain_House-1951-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>The residence of John and Cindy McCain in Phoenix, Arizona</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain decided to leave the Navy. It was doubtful whether he would ever be promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" title="Admiral (United States)">full admiral</a>, as he had poor annual physicals and had not been given a major sea command.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His chances of being promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(lower_half)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear admiral (lower half)">rear admiral</a> were better, but he declined that prospect, as he had already made plans to run for Congress and said he could "do more good there."<sup id="cite_ref-Kirkpatrick_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kirkpatrick-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo101308_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo101308-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain retired from the Navy as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">captain</a> on April 1, 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-ap050708_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap050708-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was designated as disabled and awarded a <a href="/wiki/Veteran%27s_pension" title="Veteran's pension">disability pension</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon leaving the military, he moved to Arizona. His numerous military decorations and awards include: the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a>, three Bronze Star Medals, two <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Hearts</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Commendation_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal">Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_War_Medal" title="Prisoner of War Medal">Prisoner of War Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ap050708_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap050708-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="House_and_Senate_elections_and_career_(1982–2000)"><span id="House_and_Senate_elections_and_career_.281982.E2.80.932000.29"></span>House and Senate elections and career (1982–2000)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">U.S. House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Representative">U.S. Representative</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/US_House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)#U.S._Congressman" title="US House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">McCain set his sights on becoming a representative</a> because he was interested in current events, was ready for a new challenge, and had developed political ambitions.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Living in Phoenix, he went to work for his new father-in-law's large <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a> beer distributorship.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As vice president of public relations at the distributorship, he gained political support among the local business community, meeting powerful figures such as banker <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keating_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Keating Jr.">Charles Keating Jr.</a>, real estate developer <a href="/wiki/Fife_Symington_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Fife Symington III">Fife Symington III</a> (later Governor of Arizona) and newspaper publisher <a href="/wiki/Darrow_%22Duke%22_Tully" class="mw-redirect" title="Darrow "Duke" Tully">Darrow "Duke" Tully</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Frantz_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frantz-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982, McCain ran as a Republican for an open seat in <a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Arizona's 1st congressional district">Arizona's 1st congressional district</a>, which was being vacated by 30-year incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">John Jacob Rhodes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A newcomer to the state, McCain was termed a <a href="/wiki/Carpetbagger" title="Carpetbagger">carpetbagger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain responded to a voter making that charge with what a <i><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Gazette" title="Phoenix Gazette">Phoenix Gazette</a></i> columnist later described as "the most devastating response to a potentially troublesome political issue I've ever heard":<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>McCain won a highly contested primary election with the assistance of local political endorsements, his <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> connections, and money that his wife lent to his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frantz_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frantz-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then easily won the general election in the heavily Republican district.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_1983.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/John_McCain_1983.jpg/220px-John_McCain_1983.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/John_McCain_1983.jpg/330px-John_McCain_1983.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/John_McCain_1983.jpg/440px-John_McCain_1983.jpg 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>McCain in 1983, during his first term in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1983, McCain was elected to lead the incoming group of Republican representatives,<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">House Committee on Interior Affairs</a>. Also that year, he opposed creation of a federal <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</a>, but admitted in 2008: "I was wrong and eventually realized that, in time to give full support [in 1990] for a state holiday in Arizona."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At this point, McCain's politics were mainly in line with those of President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>; this included support for <a href="/wiki/Reaganomics" title="Reaganomics">Reaganomics</a>, and he was active on Indian Affairs bills.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-99_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-99-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He supported most aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Reagan_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign policy of the Reagan administration">foreign policy of the Reagan administration</a>, including its <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_administration#Cold_War" title="Foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration">hardline stance against the Soviet Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_administration#Latin_America" title="Foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration">policy towards Central American conflicts</a>, such as backing the <a href="/wiki/Contras" title="Contras">Contras</a> in Nicaragua.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-99_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-99-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain opposed keeping U.S. Marines <a href="/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon" title="Multinational Force in Lebanon">deployed in Lebanon</a>, citing unattainable objectives, and subsequently criticized President Reagan for pulling out the troops too late; in the interim, the <a href="/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 Beirut barracks bombing">1983 Beirut barracks bombing</a> killed hundreds.<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain won re-election to the House easily in 1984,<sup id="cite_ref-az-arizona_70-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-arizona-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and gained a spot on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">House Foreign Affairs Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, he made his first return trip to Vietnam,<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also traveled to Chile where he met with its military <a href="/wiki/Government_Junta_of_Chile_(1973)" title="Government Junta of Chile (1973)">junta</a> ruler, General <a href="/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet" title="Augusto Pinochet">Augusto Pinochet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dinges_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dinges-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lostiempos_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lostiempos-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growing_family">Growing family</h3></div> <p>In 1984, McCain and Cindy had their first child, daughter <a href="/wiki/Meghan_McCain" title="Meghan McCain">Meghan</a>, followed two years later by son John IV and in 1988 by son James.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-bio_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-bio-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, Cindy brought an abandoned three-month-old girl needing medical treatment to the U.S. from a Bangladeshi orphanage run by <a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-147_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-147-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The McCains decided to adopt her and named her Bridget.<sup id="cite_ref-dad060400_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad060400-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_two_terms_in_the_U.S._Senate">First two terms in the U.S. Senate</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/US_House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)#U.S._Senator" title="US House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">McCain's Senate career began</a> in January 1987, after he defeated his Democratic opponent, former state legislator <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kimball" title="Richard Kimball">Richard Kimball</a>, by 20 percentage points in the 1986 election.<sup id="cite_ref-Frantz_71-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frantz-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain succeeded Arizona native, conservative icon, and the 1964 Republican presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a> upon Goldwater's retirement as <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">U.S. senator from Arizona</a> for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1988, McCain voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Restoration_Act_of_1987" title="Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987">Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and voted to override President Reagan's veto of that legislation the following March.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man in suit greets dark-haired man in suit in formal setting, as gaunt, well-coiffed woman looks on" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg/220px-Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg/330px-Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg/440px-Reagans_with_John_McCain_1987.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2632" /></a><figcaption> President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> greets McCain as First Lady <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Reagan" title="Nancy Reagan">Nancy Reagan</a> looks on, March 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>Senator McCain became a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Armed Services Committee</a>, with which he had formerly done his Navy liaison work; he also joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Commerce Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Indian Affairs Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to support the Native American agenda.<sup id="cite_ref-Barone112_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barone112-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As first a House member and then a senator—and as a lifelong gambler with close ties to the gambling industry<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—McCain was one of the main authors of the 1988 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Gaming_Regulatory_Act" title="Indian Gaming Regulatory Act">Indian Gaming Regulatory Act</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nigc_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nigc-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sweeney_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweeney-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which codified rules regarding <a href="/wiki/Native_American_gambling_enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American gambling enterprises">Native American gambling enterprises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mason_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mason-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was also a strong supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Rudman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramm–Rudman">Gramm–Rudman</a> legislation that enforced automatic spending cuts in the case of budget deficits.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain soon gained national visibility. He delivered a well-received speech at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_National_Convention" title="1988 Republican National Convention">1988 Republican National Convention</a>, was mentioned by the press as a <a href="/wiki/Short_list" title="Short list">short list</a> vice-presidential running mate for Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>, and was named chairman of Veterans for Bush.<sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Keating_Five">Keating Five</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Keating_Five" title="Keating Five">Keating Five</a></div> <p>McCain became embroiled in <a href="/wiki/US_House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)#Keating_Five_scandal" title="US House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">a scandal</a> during the 1980s, as one of five United States senators comprising the so-called <a href="/wiki/Keating_Five" title="Keating Five">Keating Five</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTKeating_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTKeating-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in lawful<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-sen-eth_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-sen-eth-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> political contributions from Charles Keating Jr. and his associates at <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Savings_and_Loan_Association" title="Lincoln Savings and Loan Association">Lincoln Savings and Loan Association</a>, along with trips on Keating's jets<sup id="cite_ref-NYTKeating_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTKeating-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that McCain belatedly repaid, in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, McCain was one of the five senators whom Keating contacted to prevent the government's seizure of Lincoln, and McCain met twice with federal regulators to discuss the government's investigation of Lincoln.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTKeating_105-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTKeating-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, McCain said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do."<sup id="cite_ref-az-keating_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-keating-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, McCain was cleared by the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Ethics Committee">Senate Ethics Committee</a> of acting improperly or violating any law or Senate rule, but was mildly rebuked for exercising "poor judgment".<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-sen-eth_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-sen-eth-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-keating_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-keating-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his 1992 re-election bid, the Keating Five affair was not a major issue,<sup id="cite_ref-az-rebound_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-rebound-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he won handily, gaining 56 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic community and <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> activist Claire Sargent and independent former governor, <a href="/wiki/Evan_Mecham" title="Evan Mecham">Evan Mecham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bush_Contact_Sheet_P16287_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="278" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> meets with McCain, 1990</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Political_independence">Political independence</h4></div> <p>McCain developed a reputation for <a href="/wiki/US_House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)#A_maverick_senator" title="US House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">independence</a> during the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo070598_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo070598-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took pride in challenging party leadership and establishment forces, becoming difficult to categorize politically.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo070598_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo070598-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_(DDG-56).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man, elderly white-haired woman, young boy, young girl, short-haired woman holding roses, all in front of sign showing a ship's silhouette" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg/220px-McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg/330px-McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg/440px-McCain_family_at_christening_of_USS_John_S._McCain_%28DDG-56%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2820" data-file-height="1850" /></a><figcaption>The 1992 christening of <a href="/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_(DDG-56)" title="USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)">USS <i>John S. McCain</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Bath_Iron_Works" title="Bath Iron Works">Bath Iron Works</a>, with his mother <a href="/wiki/Roberta_McCain" title="Roberta McCain">Roberta</a>, son Jack, daughter <a href="/wiki/Meghan_McCain" title="Meghan McCain">Meghan</a>, and wife <a href="/wiki/Cindy_McCain" title="Cindy McCain">Cindy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As a member of the 1991–1993 <a href="/wiki/Senate_Select_Committee_on_POW/MIA_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs">Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs</a>, chaired by fellow Vietnam War veteran and Democrat, <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>, McCain investigated the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War_POW/MIA_issue" title="Vietnam War POW/MIA issue">Vietnam War POW/MIA issue</a>, to determine the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as <a href="/wiki/Missing_in_action" title="Missing in action">missing in action</a> during the Vietnam War.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-152_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-152-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee's unanimous report stated there was "no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helped by McCain's efforts, in 1995 the U.S. normalized diplomatic relations with Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-time072495_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time072495-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was vilified by some POW/MIA activists who, despite the committee's unanimous report, believed many Americans were still held against their will in Southeast Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-time072495_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time072495-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alex-170_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-170-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bg062103_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bg062103-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From January 1993 until his death, McCain was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/International_Republican_Institute" title="International Republican Institute">International Republican Institute</a>, an organization that supports the emergence of political democracy worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993 and 1994, McCain voted to confirm President Clinton's nominees to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Breyer" title="Stephen Breyer">Stephen Breyer</a>, whom he considered qualified. He later explained that "under our Constitution, it is the president's call to make."<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain had also voted to confirm nominees of presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, including <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bork" title="Robert Bork">Robert Bork</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Curry_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curry-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Campaign_finance_reform">Campaign finance reform</h4></div> <p>McCain attacked what he saw as the corrupting influence of large political contributions—from corporations, labor unions, other organizations, and wealthy individuals—and he made this his signature issue.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting in 1994, he worked with Democratic Wisconsin Senator <a href="/wiki/Russ_Feingold" title="Russ Feingold">Russ Feingold</a> on <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform_in_the_United_States" title="Campaign finance reform in the United States">campaign finance reform</a>; their McCain–Feingold bill attempted to put limits on "<a href="/wiki/Soft_money" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft money">soft money</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The efforts of McCain and Feingold were opposed by some of the moneyed interests targeted, by incumbents in both parties, by those who felt spending limits impinged on free political speech and might be unconstitutional as well, and by those who wanted to counterbalance the power of what they saw as <a href="/wiki/Media_bias" title="Media bias">media bias</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite sympathetic coverage in the media, initial versions of the <a href="/wiki/McCain%E2%80%93Feingold_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="McCain–Feingold Act">McCain–Feingold Act</a> were <a href="/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Filibuster in the United States Senate">filibustered</a> and never came to a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-m-b_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-b-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maverick" class="extiw" title="wikt:maverick">maverick</a> Republican" was frequently applied to McCain, and he also used it himself.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-barone_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barone-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, McCain opposed <a href="/wiki/Operation_Gothic_Serpent" title="Operation Gothic Serpent">military operations in Somalia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another target of his was <a href="/wiki/Pork_barrel" title="Pork barrel">pork barrel</a> spending by Congress, and he actively supported the <a href="/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996" title="Line Item Veto Act of 1996">Line Item Veto Act of 1996</a>, which gave the president power to veto individual spending items<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was ruled unconstitutional by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court (United States)">Supreme Court</a> in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996 presidential election</a>, McCain was again on the short list of possible vice-presidential picks, this time for Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-rebound_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-rebound-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alex-176_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-176-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Dole instead selected <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Jack Kemp</a>, he chose McCain to deliver the nominating speech for him in the presidential roll call vote at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_National_Convention" title="1996 Republican National Convention">1996 Republican National Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine named McCain as one of the "25 Most Influential People in America".<sup id="cite_ref-fox-time25_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox-time25-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, McCain became chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee; he was criticized for accepting funds from corporations and businesses under the committee's purview, but in response said the small contributions he received were not part of the big-money nature of the campaign finance problem.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain took on the <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_industry" title="Tobacco industry">tobacco industry</a> in 1998, proposing legislation to increase cigarette taxes to fund anti-smoking campaigns, discourage teenage smokers, increase money for health research studies, and help states pay for smoking-related health care costs.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alex-184_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-184-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supported by the <a href="/wiki/Clinton_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton administration">Clinton administration</a> but opposed by the industry and most Republicans, the bill failed to gain <a href="/wiki/Cloture" title="Cloture">cloture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-184_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-184-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Start_of_third_term_in_the_U.S._Senate">Start of third term in the U.S. Senate</h3></div> <p>In November 1998, McCain won re-election to a third Senate term in a landslide over his Democratic opponent, environmental lawyer Ed Ranger.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Impeachment of Bill Clinton">February 1999 Senate trial following the impeachment of Bill Clinton</a>, McCain voted to convict the president on both the <a href="/wiki/Perjury" title="Perjury">perjury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Obstruction of justice">obstruction of justice</a> counts, saying Clinton had violated his sworn oath of office.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1999, McCain voted to approve the <a href="/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia" title="NATO bombing of Yugoslavia">NATO bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a>, saying that the ongoing genocide of the <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a> must be stopped and criticizing past Clinton administration inaction.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 1999, McCain shared the <a href="/wiki/Profile_in_Courage_Award" title="Profile in Courage Award">Profile in Courage Award</a> with Feingold for their work in trying to enact their campaign finance reform,<sup id="cite_ref-jfk-award_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jfk-award-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the bill was still failing repeated attempts to gain cloture.<sup id="cite_ref-m-b_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-b-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="two men in uniform" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg/220px-McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg/330px-McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg/440px-McCainFatherandGrandfather.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5726" data-file-height="4580" /></a><figcaption>McCain's grandfather and father on board a U.S. ship in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a>, circa <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Asia" title="End of World War II in Asia">end of World War II</a> in 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1999, McCain's memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers" title="Faith of My Fathers">Faith of My Fathers</a></i>, co-authored with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Salter" title="Mark Salter">Mark Salter</a>, was published;<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a reviewer observed that its appearance "seems to have been timed to the unfolding Presidential campaign."<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most successful of his writings, it received positive reviews,<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became a bestseller,<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was later <a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers_(film)" title="Faith of My Fathers (film)">made into a TV film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book traces McCain's family background and childhood, covers his time at Annapolis and his service before and during the Vietnam War, concluding with his release from captivity in 1973. According to one reviewer, it describes "the kind of challenges that most of us can barely imagine. It's a fascinating history of a remarkable military family."<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2000_presidential_campaign">2000 presidential campaign</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2000_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2000 presidential campaign">John McCain 2000 presidential campaign</a></div> <p>McCain announced his candidacy for president on September 27, 1999, in <a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua, New Hampshire</a>, saying he was staging "a fight to take our government back from the power brokers and special interests, and return it to the people and the noble cause of freedom it was created to serve".<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The frontrunner for the Republican nomination was <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Texas Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, who had the political and financial support of most of the party establishment, whereas McCain was supported by many moderate Republicans and some conservative Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt092799_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt092799-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain focused on the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">New Hampshire primary</a>, where his message appealed to independents.<sup id="cite_ref-alex-188_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-188-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He traveled on a <a href="/wiki/Campaign_bus" title="Campaign bus">campaign bus</a> called the Straight Talk Express.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held many <a href="/wiki/Town_hall_meeting" title="Town hall meeting">town hall meetings</a>, answering every question voters asked, in a successful example of "retail politics", and he used free media to compensate for his lack of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One reporter later recounted that, "McCain talked all day long with reporters on his Straight Talk Express bus; he talked so much that sometimes he said things that he shouldn't have, and that's why the media loved him."<sup id="cite_ref-harpaz_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harpaz-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 1, 2000, he won New Hampshire's primary with 49 percent of the vote to Bush's 30 percent. The Bush campaign and the Republican establishment feared that a McCain victory in the crucial <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina primary">South Carolina primary</a> might give his campaign unstoppable momentum.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nat021000_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nat021000-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_Gallup_Polling,_1999-2009.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Chart with three data lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg/330px-John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg/495px-John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg/660px-John_McCain_Gallup_Polling%2C_1999-2009.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>McCain's <a href="/wiki/Gallup_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallup Poll">Gallup Poll</a> favorable/unfavorable ratings, 1999–2009.<sup id="cite_ref-gallup-chart_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallup-chart-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#00AA09 solid 5px;"> </span> Approve</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#AA0012 solid 5px;"> </span> Disapprove</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#FF9400 solid 5px;"> </span> No opinion</div></figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i> wrote that the McCain–Bush primary contest in South Carolina "has entered national political lore as a low-water mark in presidential campaigns", while <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> called it "a painful symbol of the brutality of American politics".<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt101907_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dp2008_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dp2008-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A variety of interest groups, which McCain had challenged in the past, ran negative ads.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush borrowed McCain's earlier language of reform,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt021000_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt021000-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and declined to dissociate himself from a veterans activist who accused McCain (in Bush's presence) of having "abandoned the veterans" on POW/MIA and <a href="/wiki/Agent_Orange" title="Agent Orange">Agent Orange</a> issues.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alex-250_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-250-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incensed,<sup id="cite_ref-alex-250_151-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alex-250-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain ran ads accusing Bush of lying and comparing the governor to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, which Bush said was "about as low a blow as you can give in a Republican primary".<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An anonymous smear campaign began against McCain, delivered by <a href="/wiki/Push_poll" title="Push poll">push polls</a>, faxes, e-mails, flyers, and audience <a href="/wiki/Plant_(person)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant (person)">plants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The smears claimed that McCain had fathered a black child out of wedlock (the McCains' dark-skinned daughter was adopted from Bangladesh), that his wife Cindy was a drug addict, that he was a homosexual, and that he was a "<a href="/wiki/The_Manchurian_Candidate" title="The Manchurian Candidate">Manchurian Candidate</a>" who was either a traitor or mentally unstable from his POW days.<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt101907_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bush campaign strongly denied any involvement with the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt101907_147-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain lost South Carolina on February 19, with 42 percent of the vote to Bush's 53 percent,<sup id="cite_ref-iht022100_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht022100-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in part because Bush mobilized the state's evangelical voters<sup id="cite_ref-az-2000_135-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-2000-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aap-08-p96_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aap-08-p96-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and outspent McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt021600_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt021600-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win allowed Bush to regain lost momentum.<sup id="cite_ref-iht022100_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht022100-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain said of the rumor spreaders, "I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those."<sup id="cite_ref-dad060400_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dad060400-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to one acquaintance, the South Carolina experience left him in a "very dark place".<sup id="cite_ref-nyt101907_147-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain's campaign never completely recovered from his South Carolina defeat, although he did rebound partially by winning in Arizona and Michigan a few days later.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn022200_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn022200-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made a speech in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Beach">Virginia Beach</a> that criticized Christian leaders, including <a href="/wiki/Pat_Robertson" title="Pat Robertson">Pat Robertson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Falwell" title="Jerry Falwell">Jerry Falwell</a>, as divisive conservatives,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt101907_147-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> declaring "we embrace the fine members of the religious conservative community. But that does not mean that we will pander to their self-appointed leaders."<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain lost the Virginia primary on February 29,<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on March<span class="nowrap"> </span>7 lost nine of the thirteen primaries on <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a> to Bush.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With little hope of overcoming Bush's delegate lead, McCain withdrew from the race on March 9, 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He endorsed Bush two months later.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate_career_(2000–2008)"><span id="Senate_career_.282000.E2.80.932008.29"></span>Senate career (2000–2008)</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(2001%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)">U.S. Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Remainder_of_third_Senate_term">Remainder of third Senate term</h3></div> <p>McCain began 2001 by breaking with <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">the new administration</a> on a number of matters, including <a href="/wiki/HMO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMO">HMO</a> reform, climate change, and gun control legislation; <a href="/wiki/McCain%E2%80%93Feingold" class="mw-redirect" title="McCain–Feingold">McCain–Feingold</a> was opposed by Bush as well.<sup id="cite_ref-m-b_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-b-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2001, McCain was one of only two Senate Republicans to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001" title="Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001">Bush tax cuts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pfspt_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfspt-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides the differences with Bush on ideological grounds, there was considerable antagonism between the two remaining from the previous year's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-time071608_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time071608-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a Republican senator, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jeffords" title="Jim Jeffords">Jim Jeffords</a>, became an Independent, thereby throwing control of the Senate to the Democrats, McCain defended Jeffords against "self-appointed enforcers of party loyalty".<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, there was speculation at the time, and in years since, about McCain himself leaving the Republican Party, but McCain had always adamantly denied that he ever considered doing so.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hill032807_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hill032807-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in 2001, McCain used <a href="/wiki/Political_capital" title="Political capital">political capital</a> gained from his presidential run, as well as improved legislative skills and relationships with other members, to become one of the Senate's most influential members.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/September_11,_2001,_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="September 11, 2001, attacks">September 11, 2001, attacks</a>, McCain supported Bush and the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">U.S.-led war in Afghanistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Democratic senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> wrote the legislation that created the <a href="/wiki/9/11_Commission" title="9/11 Commission">9/11 Commission</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while he and Democratic senator <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Fritz Hollings</a> co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Aviation_and_Transportation_Security_Act" title="Aviation and Transportation Security Act">Aviation and Transportation Security Act</a> that federalized <a href="/wiki/Airport_security" title="Airport security">airport security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2002, McCain–Feingold, officially known as the <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act" title="Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act">Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act</a> of 2002, passed in both Houses of Congress and was signed into law.<sup id="cite_ref-m-b_123-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-b-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was McCain's greatest legislative achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_pork.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Red rocks landscape of Arizona with McCain image added, on uppper half; cartoon illustration of pigs inside brown barrels on lower half" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/John_McCain_pork.png/220px-John_McCain_pork.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/John_McCain_pork.png 1.5x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="278" /></a><figcaption>McCain's Senate website from 2003 to 2006 illustrated his concern about <a href="/wiki/Pork_barrel" title="Pork barrel">pork barrel</a> spending.<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Meanwhile, in discussions over proposed U.S. action against Iraq, McCain was a strong supporter of the Bush administration's position.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated that Iraq was "a clear and present danger" to the U.S., and voted for the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War_Resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq War Resolution">Iraq War Resolution</a> in October 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-az-gwb_163-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He predicted that U.S. forces would be treated as liberators by many Iraqi people.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2003, McCain voted against the second round of Bush tax cuts, saying it was unwise at a time of war.<sup id="cite_ref-pfspt_164-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfspt-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By November 2003, after a trip to Iraq, he was publicly questioning Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a>, saying that more U.S. troops were needed; the following year, McCain announced that he had lost confidence in Rumsfeld.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az-estab_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-estab-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2003, McCain and Lieberman co-sponsored the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Stewardship_Acts" title="Climate Stewardship Acts">Climate Stewardship Act</a> that would have introduced a <a href="/wiki/Cap_and_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap and trade">cap and trade</a> system aimed at returning <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gas</a> emissions to 2000 levels; the bill was defeated with 55 votes to 43 in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They reintroduced modified versions of the Act two additional times, for the final time in January 2007 with the co-sponsorship of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg/150px-George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg/225px-George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg/300px-George_W._Bush_and_John_McCain_at_the_Navy_goal_line_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="2464" /></a><figcaption> President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> with Senator McCain, December 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004 U.S. presidential election campaign</a>, McCain was frequently mentioned for the vice-presidential slot, only this time as part of the Democratic ticket under nominee John Kerry.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt061204_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt061204-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo061204_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo061204-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain said that Kerry had never formally offered him the position and that he would not have accepted it.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt061204_180-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt061204-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo061204_181-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo061204-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2004_Republican_National_Convention" title="2004 Republican National Convention">2004 Republican National Convention</a>, McCain supported Bush for re-election, praising Bush's management of the <a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a> since the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn083004_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn083004-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, he defended Kerry's Vietnam War record.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By August 2004, McCain had the best favorable-to-unfavorable rating (55 percent to 19 percent) of any national politician;<sup id="cite_ref-cnn083004_183-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn083004-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he campaigned for Bush much more than he had four years previously, though the two remained situational allies rather than friends.<sup id="cite_ref-time071608_165-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time071608-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain was also up for re-election as senator, in 2004. He defeated little-known Democratic schoolteacher Stuart Starky with his biggest margin of victory, garnering 77 percent of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Start_of_fourth_Senate_term">Start of fourth Senate term</h3></div> <p>In May 2005, McCain led the so-called <a href="/wiki/Gang_of_14" title="Gang of 14">Gang of 14</a> in the Senate, which established a compromise that preserved the ability of senators to <a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">filibuster</a> judicial nominees, but only in "extraordinary circumstances".<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The compromise took the steam out of the filibuster movement, but some Republicans remained disappointed that the compromise did not eliminate filibusters of judicial nominees in all circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain subsequently cast <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> confirmation votes in favor of <a href="/wiki/John_Roberts" title="John Roberts">John Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Alito" title="Samuel Alito">Samuel Alito</a>, calling them "two of the finest justices ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court."<sup id="cite_ref-Curry_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curry-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Jsm2.ogv/220px--Jsm2.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="97" data-mwtitle="Jsm2.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Jsm2.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/Jsm2.ogv/Jsm2.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Jsm2.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="vorbis, theora"" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/Jsm2.ogv/Jsm2.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f8/Jsm2.ogv/Jsm2.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /></video></span><figcaption>McCain speaks on the Senate floor against <a href="/wiki/Earmark_(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)">earmarking</a>, February 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Breaking from his 2001 and 2003 votes, McCain supported the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Increase_Prevention_and_Reconciliation_Act_of_2005" title="Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005">Bush tax cut extension</a> in May 2006, saying not to do so would amount to a tax increase.<sup id="cite_ref-pfspt_164-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pfspt-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Working with Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a>, McCain was a strong proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, which would involve legalization, guest worker programs, and border enforcement components. The <a href="/wiki/Secure_America_and_Orderly_Immigration_Act" title="Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act">Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act</a> was never voted on in 2005, while the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2006" title="Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006">Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006</a> passed the Senate in May 2006 but failed in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-az-estab_176-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-estab-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2007, President Bush, McCain, and others made the strongest push yet for such a bill, the <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007" title="Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007">Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007</a>, but it aroused intense grassroots opposition among talk radio listeners and others, some of whom furiously characterized the proposal as an "amnesty" program,<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the bill twice failed to gain cloture in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the middle of the 2000s (decade), the increased <a href="/wiki/Native_American_gaming" title="Native American gaming">Indian gaming</a> that McCain had helped bring about was a $23 billion industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Sweeney_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweeney-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was twice chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Indian_Affairs_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Indian Affairs Committee">Senate Indian Affairs Committee</a>, in 1995–1997 and 2005–2007, and his Committee helped expose the <a href="/wiki/Jack_Abramoff_Indian_lobbying_scandal" title="Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal">Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2005 and 2006, McCain was pushing for amendments to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act which would have limited creation of off-reservation casinos,<sup id="cite_ref-Sweeney_101-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweeney-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also limited the movement of tribes across state lines to build casinos.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCainAndPetreaus.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Middle-aged man in military uniform talking with older man in casual civilian clothes, at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/McCainAndPetreaus.JPG/220px-McCainAndPetreaus.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/McCainAndPetreaus.JPG/330px-McCainAndPetreaus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/McCainAndPetreaus.JPG/440px-McCainAndPetreaus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="495" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>General <a href="/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus">David Petraeus</a> and McCain in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, November 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Owing to his time as a POW, McCain was recognized for his sensitivity to the detention and interrogation of detainees in the War on Terror. An opponent of the Bush administration's use of torture and detention without trial at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantánamo Bay</a>, saying: "some of these guys are terrible, terrible killers and the worst kind of scum of humanity. But, one, they deserve to have some adjudication of their cases<span class="nowrap"> </span>... even <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Eichmann" title="Adolf Eichmann">Adolf Eichmann</a> got a trial".<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2005, McCain introduced the <a href="/wiki/McCain_Detainee_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="McCain Detainee Amendment">McCain Detainee Amendment</a> to the Defense Appropriations bill for 2005, and the Senate voted 90–9 to support the amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantánamo, by confining military interrogations to the techniques in the <a href="/wiki/FM_34-52_Intelligence_Interrogation" title="FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation">U.S. Army Field Manual on Interrogation</a>. Although Bush had threatened to veto the bill if McCain's amendment was included,<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the President announced in December 2005 that he accepted McCain's terms and would "make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention of torture, whether it be here at home or abroad".<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This stance, among others, led to McCain being named by <i>Time</i> magazine in 2006 as one of America's 10 Best Senators.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain voted in February 2008 against a bill containing a ban on <a href="/wiki/Waterboarding" title="Waterboarding">waterboarding</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Eggen_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggen-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provision was later narrowly passed and vetoed by Bush. However, the bill in question contained other provisions to which McCain objected, and his spokesman stated: "This wasn't a vote on waterboarding. This was a vote on applying the standards of the [Army] field manual to CIA personnel."<sup id="cite_ref-Eggen_198-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eggen-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, McCain continued questioning the progress of the war in Iraq. In September 2005, he remarked upon <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Myers" title="Richard Myers">Richard Myers</a>' optimistic outlook on the war's progress: "Things have not gone as well as we had planned or expected, nor as we were told by you, General Myers."<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2006, he criticized the administration for continually understating the effectiveness of the insurgency: "We [have] not told the American people how tough and difficult this could be."<sup id="cite_ref-az-estab_176-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-estab-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the beginning, McCain strongly supported the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_troop_surge_of_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq troop surge of 2007">Iraq troop surge of 2007</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The strategy's opponents labeled it "McCain's plan"<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> political science professor <a href="/wiki/Larry_Sabato" title="Larry Sabato">Larry Sabato</a> said, "McCain owns Iraq just as much as Bush does now."<sup id="cite_ref-az-estab_176-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-estab-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surge and the war were unpopular during most of the year, even within the Republican Party,<sup id="cite_ref-time012308_202-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time012308-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as McCain's presidential campaign was underway; faced with the consequences, McCain frequently responded, "I would much rather lose a campaign than a war."<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2008, McCain credited the surge strategy with reducing violence in Iraq, as he made his eighth trip to that country since the war began.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2008_presidential_campaign">2008 presidential campaign</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2008 presidential campaign">John McCain 2008 presidential campaign</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">2008 Republican Party presidential primaries</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 United States presidential election</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man speaking at podium, with group of people behind him, some holding blue "McCain" signs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg/220px-McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg/330px-McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg/440px-McCain25April2007Portsmouth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2093" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a>, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain formally announced his intention to run for President of the United States on April 25, 2007, in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated that: "I'm not running for president to be somebody, but to do something; to do the hard but necessary things, not the easy and needless things."<sup id="cite_ref-announce_206-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-announce-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain's oft-cited strengths as a presidential candidate for 2008 included national name recognition, sponsorship of major lobbying and campaign finance reform initiatives, his ability to reach across the aisle, his well-known military service and experience as a POW, his experience from the 2000 presidential campaign, and an expectation that he would capture Bush's top fundraisers.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo021206_207-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo021206-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2006 election cycle, McCain had attended 346 events<sup id="cite_ref-vf0207_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vf0207-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helped raise more than $10.5 million on behalf of Republican candidates. McCain also became more willing to ask business and industry for campaign contributions, while maintaining that such contributions would not affect any official decisions he would make.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite being considered the front-runner for the nomination by pundits as 2007 began,<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was in second place behind former <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a> <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">national Republican polls</a> as the year progressed. </p><p>McCain had fundraising problems in the first half of 2007, due in part to his support for the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, which was unpopular among the Republican base electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn070207_210-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn070207-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-npr070207_211-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr070207-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large-scale campaign staff downsizing took place in early July, but McCain said that he was not considering dropping out of the race.<sup id="cite_ref-npr070207_211-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr070207-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that month, the candidate's campaign manager and campaign chief strategist both departed.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain slumped badly in national polls, often running third or fourth with 15 percent or less support. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BushAndMcCains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man in dark suit looks on as gray-haired man in dark suit holds hand and greets blonde-haired woman in medium-colored suit, all in front of a white building." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BushAndMcCains.jpg/220px-BushAndMcCains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BushAndMcCains.jpg/330px-BushAndMcCains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BushAndMcCains.jpg/440px-BushAndMcCains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">President Bush</a> holds <a href="/wiki/Cindy_McCain" title="Cindy McCain">Cindy McCain</a>'s hand as he endorses her husband for president, March 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>The Arizona senator subsequently resumed his familiar position as a political <a href="/wiki/Underdog" title="Underdog">underdog</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-iowagaz_213-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iowagaz-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> riding the Straight Talk Express and taking advantage of free media such as debates and sponsored events.<sup id="cite_ref-pol071907_214-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol071907-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By December 2007, the Republican race was unsettled, with none of the top-tier candidates dominating the race and all of them possessing major vulnerabilities with different elements of the Republican base electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was showing a resurgence, in particular with renewed strength in New Hampshire—the scene of his 2000 triumph—and was bolstered further by the endorsements from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Union_Leader" title="New Hampshire Union Leader">New Hampshire Union Leader</a></i>, and almost two dozen other state newspapers,<sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as from Senator Lieberman (now an <a href="/wiki/Independent_Democrat" title="Independent Democrat">Independent Democrat</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain decided not to campaign significantly in the January 3, 2008, <a href="/wiki/2008_Iowa_Republican_presidential_caucuses" title="2008 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses">Iowa caucuses</a>, which saw a win by former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Arkansas">Governor of Arkansas</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a>. </p><p>McCain's comeback plan paid off when he won the <a href="/wiki/2008_New_Hampshire_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary">New Hampshire primary</a> on January 8, defeating former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> in a close contest, to once again become one of the front-runners in the race.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-January, McCain placed first in the <a href="/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary">South Carolina primary</a>, narrowly defeating Mike Huckabee.<sup id="cite_ref-SC_Primary_219-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC_Primary-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pundits credited the third-place finisher, Tennessee's former U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Fred Thompson</a>, with drawing votes from Huckabee in South Carolina, thereby giving a narrow win to McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, McCain won the <a href="/wiki/2008_Florida_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 Florida Republican presidential primary">Florida primary</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cnn012908f_221-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn012908f-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> beating Romney again in a close contest; Giuliani then dropped out and endorsed McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 5, McCain won both the majority of states and <a href="/wiki/Delegate_(American_politics)" title="Delegate (American politics)">delegates</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday,_2008" title="Super Tuesday, 2008">Super Tuesday</a> <a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">Republican primaries</a>, giving him a commanding lead toward the Republican nomination. Romney departed from the race on February<span class="nowrap"> </span>7.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's wins in the March<span class="nowrap"> </span>4 primaries clinched a majority of the delegates, and he became the presumptive Republican nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Had he been elected, he would have become the first president physically born outside the United States. This raised a potential legal issue, since the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> requires the president to be a <a href="/wiki/Natural-born_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural-born citizen">natural-born citizen</a>. A bipartisan legal review,<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a unanimous but non-binding Senate resolution,<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both concluded that he was a natural-born citizen. However, other legal scholars came to the opposite conclusion that although he was a citizen, at the time of his birth he was not a natural-born citizen, because the 1937 law that made him a citizen was passed one year after his birth.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If inaugurated in 2009 at the age of 72 years and 144 days, he would have been the <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_age" title="List of presidents of the United States by age">oldest person to become president</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain addressed concerns about his age and past health issues, stating in 2005 that his health was "excellent".<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been treated for <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a> and an operation in 2000 for that condition left a noticeable mark on the left side of his face.<sup id="cite_ref-Altman_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Altman-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's prognosis appeared favorable, according to independent experts, especially because he had already survived without a recurrence for more than seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-Altman_231-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Altman-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2008, McCain's campaign briefly let the press review his medical records, and he was described as appearing cancer-free, having a strong heart, and in general being in good health.<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain clinched enough delegates for the nomination and his focus shifted toward the general election, while Barack Obama and <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> fought a prolonged <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">battle for the Democratic nomination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-233" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain introduced various policy proposals, and sought to improve his fundraising.<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cindy McCain, who accounted for most of the couple's wealth with an estimated net worth of $100 million,<sup id="cite_ref-ap041808_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap041808-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> made part of her tax returns public in May.<sup id="cite_ref-taxreturn_236-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taxreturn-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After facing criticism about <a href="/wiki/Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" title="Lobbyist">lobbyists</a> on staff, the McCain campaign issued new rules in May 2008 to avoid <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflicts of interest</a>, causing five top aides to leave.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo051908lob_237-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo051908lob-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-az052608_238-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az052608-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Obama became the Democrats' <a href="/wiki/Presumptive_nominee" class="mw-redirect" title="Presumptive nominee">presumptive nominee</a> in early June, McCain proposed joint town hall meetings, but Obama instead requested <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2008 United States presidential debates">more traditional debates</a> for the fall.<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, a staff shake-up put <a href="/wiki/Steve_Schmidt" title="Steve Schmidt">Steve Schmidt</a> in full operational control of the McCain campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Davis_(political_consultant)" title="Rick Davis (political consultant)">Rick Davis</a> remained as campaign manager but with a reduced role. Davis had also managed McCain's 2000 presidential campaign; in 2005 and 2006, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">U.S. intelligence</a> warned McCain's Senate staff about Davis's Russian links but gave no further warnings.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the summer of 2008, Obama typically led McCain in national polls by single-digit margins,<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also led in several key swing states.<sup id="cite_ref-fn062708_246-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn062708-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain reprised his familiar underdog role, which was due at least in part to the overall challenges Republicans faced in the election year.<sup id="cite_ref-iowagaz_213-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iowagaz-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fn062708_246-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn062708-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain accepted <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States#Public_financing_of_campaigns" title="Campaign finance in the United States">public financing</a> for the general election campaign, and the restrictions that go with it, while criticizing his Democratic opponent for becoming the first major party candidate to opt out of such financing for the general election since the system was implemented in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Republican's broad campaign theme focused on his experience and ability to lead, compared to Obama's.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCainPalin1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Todd Palin, Sarah Palin (behind a podium), Cindy McCain, John McCain together on an outdoor stage during daytime, crowd holding blue-and-white "McCain Palin" signs around them" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/McCainPalin1.jpg/220px-McCainPalin1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/McCainPalin1.jpg/330px-McCainPalin1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/McCainPalin1.jpg/440px-McCainPalin1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>The Palins and McCains campaign in <a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, Virginia</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">2008 Republican National Convention</a> on September 10</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 29, 2008, McCain revealed <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Governor">Alaska Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a> as his surprise choice for a running mate.<sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was only the second U.S. major-party presidential nominee (after <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>, who chose <a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro" title="Geraldine Ferraro">Geraldine Ferraro</a>) to select a woman as his running mate and the first Republican to do so. On September 3, 2008, McCain and Palin became the Republican Party's presidential and vice presidential nominees at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">2008 Republican National Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a>. McCain surged ahead of Obama in national polls following the convention, as the Palin pick energized core Republican voters who had previously been wary of him.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, by the campaign's own later admission, the rollout of Palin to the national media went poorly,<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and voter reactions to Palin grew increasingly negative, especially among independents and other voters concerned about her qualifications.<sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain's decision to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate was criticized; <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> journalist <a href="/wiki/David_Brooks_(commentator)" title="David Brooks (commentator)">David Brooks</a> said that "he took a disease that was running through the Republican party – anti-intellectualism, disrespect for facts – and he put it right at the centre of the party".<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Laura McGann in <i><a href="/wiki/Vox_(website)" title="Vox (website)">Vox</a></i> says that McCain gave the "reality TV politics" and <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party movement</a> more political legitimacy, as well as solidifying "the Republican Party's comfort with a candidate who would say absurdities<span class="nowrap"> </span>... unleashing a political style and a values system that animated the Tea Party movement and laid the groundwork for a Trump presidency."<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although McCain later expressed regret for not choosing the independent Senator Joe Lieberman (who had previously been <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>'s running mate in 2000, while still elected as a Democrat) as his VP candidate instead, he consistently defended Palin's performances at his events.<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 24, McCain said he was temporarily suspending his campaign activities, called on Obama to join him, and proposed delaying the first of the general election debates with Obama, to work on the <a href="/wiki/Proposed_U.S._financial_system_bailout" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed U.S. financial system bailout">proposed U.S. financial system bailout</a> before Congress, which was targeted at addressing the <a href="/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis" title="Subprime mortgage crisis">subprime mortgage crisis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's intervention helped to give dissatisfied House Republicans an opportunity to propose changes to the plan that was otherwise close to agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Obama declined McCain's suspension suggestion, McCain went ahead with the debate on September 26.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 1, McCain voted in favor of a revised $700 billion rescue plan.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another debate was held on October 7; like the first one, polls afterward suggested that Obama had won it.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A final presidential debate occurred on October 15.<sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Down the stretch, McCain was outspent by Obama by a four-to-one margin.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During and after the final debate, McCain compared Obama's proposed policies to socialism and often invoked "<a href="/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber" title="Joe the Plumber">Joe the Plumber</a>" as a symbol of American small business dreams that would be thwarted by an Obama presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He barred using the <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy" title="Jeremiah Wright controversy">Jeremiah Wright controversy</a> in ads against Obama,<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the campaign did frequently criticize Obama regarding <a href="/wiki/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy" title="Bill Ayers 2008 presidential election controversy">his purported relationship with Bill Ayers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's rallies became increasingly vitriolic,<sup id="cite_ref-reut-back_270-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reut-back-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with attendees denigrating Obama and displaying a growing anti-Muslim and anti-African-American sentiment.<sup id="cite_ref-huffpo-no_271-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpo-no-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a campaign rally in Minnesota, Gayle Quinnell, a McCain supporter, told him she did not trust Obama because "he's an Arab".<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain replied, "No ma'am. He's a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues."<sup id="cite_ref-huffpo-no_271-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpo-no-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's response was considered one of the finer moments of the campaign and was still being viewed several years later as a marker for civility in American politics, particularly in light of the anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant animus of the Donald Trump presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-reut-back_270-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reut-back-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meghan McCain said that she cannot "go a day without someone bringing up (that) moment," and noted that at the time "there were a lot of people really trying to get my dad to go (against Obama) with<span class="nowrap"> </span>... you're a Muslim, you're not an American aspect of that," but that her father had refused. "I can remember thinking that it was a morally amazing and beautiful moment, but that maybe there would be people in the Republican Party that would be quite angry," she said.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege2008.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/220px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/330px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ElectoralCollege2008.svg/440px-ElectoralCollege2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>Results of the presidential election</figcaption></figure> <p>The election took place on November 4, and Barack Obama was declared the projected winner at about 11:00 pm Eastern Standard Time; McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, Arizona, about twenty minutes later.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn-conc_275-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-conc-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In it, he noted the historic and special significance of Obama being elected the nation's first African American president.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn-conc_275-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-conc-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain remarked, "Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans; and please believe me when I say, no association has ever meant more to me than that."<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, McCain won 173 <a href="/wiki/Electoral_college_votes" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral college votes">electoral votes</a> to Obama's 365;<sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain failed to win most of the <a href="/wiki/Battleground_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Battleground state">battleground states</a> and lost some traditionally Republican ones.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn-2008-pres-results_278-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-2008-pres-results-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain gained 46 percent of the nationwide popular vote, compared to Obama's 53 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn-2008-pres-results_278-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-2008-pres-results-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate_career_after_2008">Senate career after 2008</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(2001%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)">U.S. Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Remainder_of_fourth_Senate_term">Remainder of fourth Senate term</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/US_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(2001%E2%80%932014)#Activities_after_Obama_election_to_presidency" title="US Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)">Following his defeat, McCain returned to the Senate</a> amid varying views about what role he might play there.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain indicated that he intended to run for <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2010 United States Senate election in Arizona">re-election to his Senate seat in 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the inauguration neared, Obama consulted with McCain on a variety of matters, to an extent rarely seen between a president-elect and his defeated rival,<sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and President Obama's inauguration speech contained an allusion to McCain's theme of finding a purpose greater than oneself.<sup id="cite_ref-282" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Barack Obama speaking in foreground at an indoor event with an American flag in background; John McCain behind him, somewhat of focus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg/220px-President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg/330px-President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg/440px-President_Barack_Obama_and_Senator_John_McCain_press_conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption> President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and McCain at a press conference in March 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Nevertheless, McCain emerged as a leader of the Republican opposition to the <a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">Obama economic stimulus package of 2009</a>, saying it incorporated federal policy changes that had nothing to do with near-term job creation and would expand the growing federal budget deficit.<sup id="cite_ref-283" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain also voted against Obama's Supreme Court nomination of <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor" title="Sonia Sotomayor">Sonia Sotomayor</a>—saying that while undeniably qualified, "I do not believe that she shares my belief in judicial restraint"<sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and by August 2009 was siding more often with his Republican Party on closely divided votes than ever before in his senatorial career.<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain reasserted that the War in Afghanistan was winnable<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and criticized Obama for a slow process in deciding whether to send additional troops there.<sup id="cite_ref-time-voice_287-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-voice-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain also harshly criticized Obama for scrapping construction of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._missile_defense_complex_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. missile defense complex in Poland">U.S. missile defense complex in Poland</a>, declined to enter negotiations over climate change legislation similar to what he had proposed in the past, and strongly opposed the <a href="/wiki/Obama_health_care_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama health care plan">Obama health care plan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-time-voice_287-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-voice-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pol111909_288-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol111909-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain led a successful filibuster of a measure that would allow repeal of the military's "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_ask,_don%27t_tell" title="Don't ask, don't tell">Don't ask, don't tell</a>" policy towards gays.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Factors involved in McCain's new direction included Senate staffers leaving, a renewed concern over national debt levels and the scope of federal government, a possible Republican primary challenge from conservatives in 2010, and McCain's campaign edge being slow to wear off.<sup id="cite_ref-time-voice_287-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-voice-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pol111909_288-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol111909-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As one longtime McCain advisor said, "A lot of people, including me, thought he might be the Republican building bridges to the Obama Administration. But he's been more like the guy blowing up the bridges."<sup id="cite_ref-time-voice_287-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-voice-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_(18).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Man in office with old-style furnishings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_europeanpeoplesparty_-_EPP_in_the_USA_%2818%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>McCain in his Senate office, November 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In early 2010, a primary challenge from radio talk show host and former U.S. Congressman <a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> materialized in the Senate election in Arizona and drew support from some but not all elements of the Tea Party movement.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt020910_290-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt020910-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo052210_291-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo052210-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Hayworth using the campaign slogan "The Consistent Conservative", McCain said—despite his own past use of the term on a number of occasions<sup id="cite_ref-wapo052210_291-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo052210-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—"I never considered myself a maverick. I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to the best of his abilities."<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The primary challenge coincided with McCain reversing or muting his stance on some issues such as the bank bailouts, closing of the <a href="/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay_detention_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Guantánamo Bay detention camp">Guantánamo Bay detention camp</a>, campaign finance restrictions, and gays in the military.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt020910_290-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt020910-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the health care plan, now called the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, passed Congress and became law in March 2010, McCain strongly opposed the landmark legislation not only on its merits but also on the way it had been handled in Congress. As a consequence, he warned that congressional Republicans would not work with Democrats on anything else: "There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year. They have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it."<sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain became a vocal defender of <a href="/wiki/Arizona_SB_1070" title="Arizona SB 1070">Arizona SB 1070</a>, the April 2010 tough anti-illegal immigration state law that aroused national controversy, saying that the state had been forced to take action given the federal government's inability to control the border.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo052210_291-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo052210-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the August 24 primary, McCain beat Hayworth by a 56 to 32 percent margin.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain easily defeated Democratic <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson</a> city councilman Rodney Glassman in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-Nov2010_297-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nov2010-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the lame duck session of the <a href="/wiki/111th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Congress">111th Congress</a>, McCain voted for the compromise <a href="/wiki/Tax_Relief,_Unemployment_Insurance_Reauthorization,_and_Job_Creation_Act_of_2010" title="Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010">Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but against the <a href="/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act">DREAM Act</a> (which he had once sponsored) and the <a href="/wiki/New_START_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="New START Treaty">New START Treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-db-anger_299-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-anger-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most prominently, he continued to lead the eventually losing fight against "Don't ask, don't tell" repeal.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo121810_300-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo121810-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his opposition, he sometimes fell into anger or hostility on the Senate floor, and called its passage "a very sad day" that would compromise the battle effectiveness of the military.<sup id="cite_ref-db-anger_299-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-anger-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo121810_300-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo121810-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fifth_Senate_term">Fifth Senate term</h3></div> <p>While control of the House of Representatives went over to the Republicans in the <a href="/wiki/112th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Congress">112th Congress</a>, the Senate stayed Democratic and McCain continued to be the ranking member of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Armed Services Committee">Senate Armed Services Committee</a>. As the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a> took center stage, McCain urged that the embattled Egyptian president, <a href="/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Hosni Mubarak</a>, step down and thought the U.S. should push for democratic reforms in the region despite the associated risks of religious extremists gaining power.<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was an especially vocal supporter of the <a href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="2011 military intervention in Libya">2011 military intervention in Libya</a>. In April of that year he visited the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Gaddafi_forces" title="Anti-Gaddafi forces">Anti-Gaddafi forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Transitional_Council" title="National Transitional Council">National Transitional Council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a>, the highest-ranking American to do so, and said that the rebel forces were "my heroes".<sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, he joined with Senator Kerry in offering a resolution that would have <a href="/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution#Libya_intervention_in_2011" title="War Powers Resolution">authorized the military intervention</a>, and said: "The administration's disregard for the elected representatives of the American people on this matter has been troubling and counterproductive."<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August, McCain voted for the <a href="/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011" title="Budget Control Act of 2011">Budget Control Act of 2011</a> that resolved the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_debt-ceiling_crisis" title="2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis">U.S. debt ceiling crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, McCain and Senator <a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Carl Levin</a> were leaders in efforts to codify in the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2012" title="National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012">National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012</a> that terrorism suspects, no matter where captured, could be detained by <a href="/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006" title="Military Commissions Act of 2006">the U.S. military and its tribunal system</a>; following objections by civil libertarians, some Democrats, and the White House, McCain and Levin agreed to language making it clear that the bill would not pertain to U.S. citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">2012 Republican Party presidential primaries</a>, McCain endorsed former 2008 rival Mitt Romney and campaigned for him, but compared the contest to a <a href="/wiki/Greek_tragedy" title="Greek tragedy">Greek tragedy</a> due to its drawn-out nature with massive <a href="/wiki/Super_PAC" title="Super PAC">super PAC</a>-funded attack ads damaging all the contenders.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He labeled the Supreme Court's 2010 <i><a href="/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission">Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission</a></i> decision as "uninformed, arrogant, naïve", and, decrying its effects and the future scandals he thought it would bring, said it would become considered the court's "worst decision<span class="nowrap"> </span>... in the 21st century".<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain took the lead in opposing the defense spending sequestrations brought on by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and gained attention for defending State Department aide <a href="/wiki/Huma_Abedin" title="Huma Abedin">Huma Abedin</a> against charges brought by a few House Republicans that she had ties to the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood" title="Muslim Brotherhood">Muslim Brotherhood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-stalwart_310-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-stalwart-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_(Image_6_of_15).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of about ten men walking along a road" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Senators_visit_special_operations_forces_soldiers_in_eastern_Afghanistan_%28Image_6_of_15%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2619" data-file-height="1632" /></a><figcaption>The "Three Amigos" walking in <a href="/wiki/Kunar_Province" title="Kunar Province">Kunar Province</a> in eastern Afghanistan in July 2011: McCain (second from left), <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a> (second from right in front), <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> (right in front)<sup id="cite_ref-amigos_311-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amigos-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>McCain continued to be one of the most frequently appearing guests on the Sunday morning news talk shows.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-stalwart_310-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-stalwart-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became one of the most vocal critics of the Obama administration's handling of the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_U.S._diplomatic_mission_in_Benghazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi">attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi</a>, saying it was a "debacle" that featured either "a massive cover-up or incompetence that is not acceptable" and that it was worse than the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal" title="Watergate scandal">Watergate scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an outgrowth of this strong opposition, he and a few other senators were successful in blocking the planned nomination of Ambassador to the UN <a href="/wiki/Susan_Rice" title="Susan Rice">Susan Rice</a> to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State; McCain's friend John Kerry was nominated instead.<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a> that had begun in 2011, McCain repeatedly argued for the U.S. intervening militarily in the conflict on the side of the anti-government forces. He staged a visit to rebel forces inside Syria in May 2013, the first senator to do so, and called for arming the <a href="/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army" title="Free Syrian Army">Free Syrian Army</a> with heavy weapons and for the establishment of a <a href="/wiki/No-fly_zone" title="No-fly zone">no-fly zone</a> over the country. Following reports that two of the people he posed for pictures with had been responsible for the kidnapping of eleven Lebanese Shiite pilgrims the year before, McCain disputed one of the identifications and said he had not met directly with the other.<sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2013_Ghouta_chemical_weapons_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 Ghouta chemical weapons attack">2013 Ghouta chemical weapons attack</a>, McCain argued again for strong American military action against the government of the Syrian president, <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>, and in September 2013 cast a Foreign Relations committee vote in favor of Obama's request to Congress that it authorize a military response.<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain took the lead in criticizing a growing non-interventionist movement within the Republican Party, exemplified by his March 2013 comment that Senators <a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Rand Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> and Representative <a href="/wiki/Justin_Amash" title="Justin Amash">Justin Amash</a> were "wacko birds".<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/330px-Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/440px-Secretary_Kerry_and_Senator_McCain_Chat_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2872" data-file-height="1910" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">Kerry</a> (far left) and McCain (third from left) with members of the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Royal Family">Saudi Royal Family</a> after greeting the new King <a href="/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Salman of Saudi Arabia">Salman of Saudi Arabia</a>, Riyadh, January 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>During 2013, McCain was a member of a bi-partisan group of senators, the "<a href="/wiki/Gang_of_Eight_(immigration)" title="Gang of Eight (immigration)">Gang of Eight</a>", which announced principles for another try at comprehensive immigration reform.<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>316<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulting <a href="/wiki/Border_Security,_Economic_Opportunity,_and_Immigration_Modernization_Act_of_2013" title="Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013">Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013</a> passed the Senate by a 68–32 margin, but faced an uncertain future in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>317<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2013, McCain was at the forefront of an agreement among senators to drop filibusters against Obama administration executive nominees without Democrats resorting to the "<a href="/wiki/Nuclear_option" title="Nuclear option">nuclear option</a>" that would disallow such filibusters altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>318<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapo-mav_320-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-mav-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the option would be imposed later in the year anyway, to the senator's displeasure.<sup id="cite_ref-nytm-ml2013_321-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytm-ml2013-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These developments and some other negotiations showed that McCain had become the leader of a power center in the Senate for cutting deals in an otherwise bitterly partisan environment.<sup id="cite_ref-322" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-322"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>321<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-323" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-323"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>322<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alh-mav_324-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alh-mav-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also led some observers to conclude that the "maverick" McCain had returned.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo-mav_320-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-mav-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>319<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-alh-mav_324-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alh-mav-324"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>323<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain was publicly skeptical about the Republican strategy that precipitated the <a href="/wiki/U.S._federal_government_shutdown_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. federal government shutdown of 2013">U.S. federal government shutdown of 2013</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._debt-ceiling_crisis_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. debt-ceiling crisis of 2013">U.S. debt-ceiling crisis of 2013</a> to defund or delay the Affordable Care Act; in October 2013 he voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Continuing_Appropriations_Act,_2014" title="Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014">Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014</a>, which resolved them and said, "Republicans have to understand we have lost this battle, as I predicted weeks ago, that we would not be able to win because we were demanding something that was not achievable."<sup id="cite_ref-325" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-325"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>324<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of nine Republican senators who voted for the <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Budget_Act_of_2013" title="Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013">Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013</a> at the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-326" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-326"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>325<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early 2014, McCain's apostasies were enough that the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Republican_Party" title="Arizona Republican Party">Arizona Republican Party</a> formally censured him for having what they saw as a liberal record that had been "disastrous and harmful".<sup id="cite_ref-327" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-327"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>326<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain remained stridently opposed to many aspects of Obama's foreign policy, however, and in June 2014, following major gains by the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_in_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(June_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)">2014 Northern Iraq offensive</a>, decried what he saw as a U.S. failure to protect its past gains in Iraq and called on the president's entire national security team to resign. McCain said, "Could all this have been avoided?<span class="nowrap"> </span>... The answer is absolutely yes. If I sound angry it's because I am angry."<sup id="cite_ref-328" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-328"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>327<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg/220px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg/330px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg/440px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption>McCain addresses anti-government protesters in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, Ukraine, pledging his support for their cause, December 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan">Euromaidan</a> protests against Ukrainian president <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> and his government, and appeared in <a href="/wiki/Maidan_Nezalezhnosti" title="Maidan Nezalezhnosti">Independence Square</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> in December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-329" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-329"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>328<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the overthrow of Yanukovych and subsequent <a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_military_intervention_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine">2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine</a>, McCain became a vocal supporter of providing arms to Ukrainian military forces, saying the <a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">sanctions imposed against Russia</a> were not enough.<sup id="cite_ref-330" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-330"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>329<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, McCain led the opposition to the appointments of <a href="/wiki/Colleen_Bell" title="Colleen Bell">Colleen Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noah_Mamet" title="Noah Mamet">Noah Mamet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_James_Tsunis" title="George James Tsunis">George Tsunis</a> to the ambassadorships in Hungary, Argentina, and Norway, respectively, arguing they were unqualified.<sup id="cite_ref-331" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-331"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>330<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike many Republicans, McCain supported the release and contents of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture">Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture</a> in December 2014, saying "The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless."<sup id="cite_ref-332" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-332"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>331<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He added that the CIA's practices following the September 11 attacks had "stained our national honor" while doing "much harm and little practical good" and that "Our enemies act without conscience. We must not."<sup id="cite_ref-333" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-333"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>332<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He opposed the Obama administration's December 2014 decision to normalize <a href="/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Cuba–United States relations">relations with Cuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-334" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-334"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>333<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th United States Congress</a> assembled in January 2015 with Republicans in control of the Senate, and McCain achieved one of his longtime goals when he became chairman of the Armed Services Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-chair_335-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-chair-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this position, he led the writing of proposed Senate legislation that sought to modify parts of the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act_of_1986" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986">Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986</a> to return responsibility for major weapons systems acquisition back to the individual armed services and their secretaries and away from the <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition,_Technology_and_Logistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics">Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-336" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-336"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>335<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As chair, McCain tried to maintain a bipartisan approach and forged a good relationship with ranking member <a href="/wiki/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)">Jack Reed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-chair_335-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-chair-335"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>334<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2015, McCain announced that he would run for a sixth term in <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2016 United States Senate election in Arizona">Arizona's 2016 Senate election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-337" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-337"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>336<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 2015, McCain strongly opposed the Obama administration's proposed comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (later finalized as the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action</a> (JCPOA)), saying that Secretary of State Kerry was "delusional" and "giv[ing] away the store" in negotiations with Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-338" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-338"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>337<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain supported the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Houthis" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthis">Houthis</a> and forces loyal to former president <a href="/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Saleh" title="Ali Abdullah Saleh">Ali Abdullah Saleh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-339" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-339"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>338<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E5%87%BA%E5%B8%AD%E6%8E%A5%E8%A6%8B%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E8%81%AF%E9%82%A6%E5%8F%83%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83%E9%A6%AC%E4%BE%83%EF%BC%88John_McCain%EF%BC%89%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%E5%9C%98_%2826882360893%29.jpg/330px-%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E5%87%BA%E5%B8%AD%E6%8E%A5%E8%A6%8B%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E8%81%AF%E9%82%A6%E5%8F%83%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83%E9%A6%AC%E4%BE%83%EF%BC%88John_McCain%EF%BC%89%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%E5%9C%98_%2826882360893%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E5%87%BA%E5%B8%AD%E6%8E%A5%E8%A6%8B%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E8%81%AF%E9%82%A6%E5%8F%83%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83%E9%A6%AC%E4%BE%83%EF%BC%88John_McCain%EF%BC%89%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%E5%9C%98_%2826882360893%29.jpg/440px-%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E5%87%BA%E5%B8%AD%E6%8E%A5%E8%A6%8B%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E8%81%AF%E9%82%A6%E5%8F%83%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2%E8%BB%8D%E4%BA%8B%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E6%9C%83%E9%A6%AC%E4%BE%83%EF%BC%88John_McCain%EF%BC%89%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E8%A8%AA%E5%95%8F%E5%9C%98_%2826882360893%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="571" /></a><figcaption>Taiwanese president <a href="/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen" title="Tsai Ing-wen">Tsai Ing-wen</a> meets with McCain, the leader of the U.S. Senate delegation, June 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain accused President Obama of being "directly responsible" for the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlando nightclub shooting">Orlando nightclub shooting</a> "because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al-Qaeda went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama's failures."<sup id="cite_ref-340" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-340"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>339<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-341" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-341"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>340<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_(23342266429).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg/220px-John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg/330px-John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg/440px-John_McCain_%26_Mitt_Romney_%2823342266429%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>McCain campaigning with former Governor <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Romney</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mesa,_Arizona" title="Mesa, Arizona">Mesa, Arizona</a>, during his 2016 re-election campaign</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Republican primaries">2016 Republican primaries</a>, McCain said he would support the Republican nominee even if it was <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, in spite of his personal disagreements with Trump. </p><p>However, following <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney%27s_2016_anti-Trump_speech" title="Mitt Romney's 2016 anti-Trump speech">Mitt Romney's 2016 anti-Trump speech</a>, McCain endorsed the sentiments expressed in that speech, saying he had serious concerns about Trump's "uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues".<sup id="cite_ref-ml2016_342-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ml2016-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Relations between the two had been fraught since early in <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">Trump's 2016 presidential campaign</a>, when McCain referred to a room full of Trump supporters as "crazies", and the real estate mogul then said of McCain: "He insulted me, and he insulted everyone in that room<span class="nowrap"> </span>... He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured<span class="nowrap"> </span>... perhaps he was a war hero, but right now he's said a lot of very bad things about a lot of people."<sup id="cite_ref-ml2016_342-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ml2016-342"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>341<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-343" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-343"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>342<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was widely condemned by much of the Republican Party, with Senator <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> referring to Trump's comments as "offensive rantings", commentator <a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a> tweeting that "@SenJohnMcCain is an American hero, period", and Governor <a href="/wiki/Scott_Walker_(politician)" title="Scott Walker (politician)">Scott Walker</a> using the comments as the basis for his denunciation of Trump in a campaign event in <a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-344" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-344"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>343<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Trump becoming the presumptive nominee of the party on May 3, McCain said that Republican voters had spoken and he would support Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-345" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-345"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>344<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain himself faced a primary challenge from <a href="/wiki/Kelli_Ward" title="Kelli Ward">Kelli Ward</a>, a fervent Trump supporter, and then was expected to face a potentially strong challenge from Democratic Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">Ann Kirkpatrick</a> in the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-pol100816_346-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol100816-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The senator privately expressed worry over the effect that Trump's unpopularity among Hispanic voters might have on his own chances but also was concerned with more conservative pro-Trump voters; he thus kept his endorsement of Trump in place but tried to speak of him as little as possible given their disagreements.<sup id="cite_ref-347" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-347"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>346<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-348" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-348"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>347<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-349" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-349"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>348<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However McCain defeated Ward in the primary by a double-digit percentage point margin and gained a similar lead over Kirkpatrick in general election polls, and when the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood controversy">Donald Trump <i>Access Hollywood</i> controversy</a> broke, he felt secure enough to on October<span class="nowrap"> </span>8 withdraw his endorsement of Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-pol100816_346-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pol100816-346"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>345<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain stated that Trump's "demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults" made it "impossible to continue to offer even conditional support" and added that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton, but would instead "<a href="/wiki/Write_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Write in">write in</a> the name of some good conservative Republican who is qualified to be president."<sup id="cite_ref-350" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-350"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>349<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-351" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-351"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>350<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain defeated Kirkpatrick, securing a sixth term as United States Senator from Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-352" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-352"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>351<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2016, McCain obtained a copy of a <a href="/wiki/Steele_dossier" title="Steele dossier">dossier regarding the Trump presidential campaign's links to Russia</a> compiled by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Steele" title="Christopher Steele">Christopher Steele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-353" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-353"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>352<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2016, McCain passed on the dossier to FBI Director <a href="/wiki/James_Comey" title="James Comey">James Comey</a>. McCain later wrote that he felt the dossier's "allegations were disturbing" but unverifiable by himself, so he let the FBI investigate.<sup id="cite_ref-354" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-354"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>353<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sixth_and_final_Senate_term">Sixth and final Senate term</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg/220px-National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg/330px-National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg/440px-National_March_on_the_NRA_8040026.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The <i>National March on the NRA</i> in August 2018. The <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">NRA</a> spent $7.74 million to support John McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-355" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-355"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>354<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>McCain chaired the January 5, 2017, hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee where Republican and Democratic senators and intelligence officers, including <a href="/wiki/James_R._Clapper_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Clapper Jr.">James R. Clapper Jr.</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_S._Rogers" title="Michael S. Rogers">Michael S. Rogers</a>, the head of the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">United States Cyber Command</a> presented a "united front" that "forcefully reaffirmed the conclusion that the Russian government used hacking and leaks to try to influence the presidential election."<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Jan6_2017_356-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Jan6_2017-356"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>355<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain visited the American missile destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_(DDG-56)" title="USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)">USS John S McCain</a>, which docked in Vietnam on 2 June 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-357" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-357"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>356<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, McCain voted to support President Trump's controversial <a href="/wiki/2017_United_States%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_arms_deal" title="2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal">arms deal with Saudi Arabia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-358" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-358"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>357<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-359" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-359"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>358<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Repeal and replacement of Obamacare was a centerpiece of McCain's 2016 re-election campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-360" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-360"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>359<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in July 2017, he said, "Have no doubt: Congress must replace Obamacare, which has hit Arizonans with some of the highest premium increases in the nation and left 14 of Arizona's 15 counties with only one provider option on the exchanges this year."<sup id="cite_ref-361" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-361"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>360<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, as the <a href="/wiki/Rohingya_crisis_in_Myanmar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rohingya crisis in Myanmar">Rohingya crisis in Myanmar</a> became ethnic cleansing of the <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Muslims_in_Myanmar" title="Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar">Rohingya Muslim minority</a>, McCain announced moves to scrap planned future military cooperation with Myanmar.<sup id="cite_ref-362" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-362"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>361<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2017, McCain praised President Trump's decision to decertify Iran's compliance with the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) while not yet withdrawing the U.S. from the agreement, saying that the Obama-era policy failed "to meet the multifaceted threat Iran poses. The goals President Trump presented in his speech today are a welcomed long overdue change."<sup id="cite_ref-Delk2017_363-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Delk2017-363"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>362<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brain_tumor_diagnosis_and_surgery">Brain tumor diagnosis and surgery</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_2" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/220px--John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="985" data-mwtitle="John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25,_2017.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25,_2017.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm/John_McCain_returns_to_Senate_and_delivers_remarks_on_July_25%2C_2017.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>McCain returns to the Senate for the first time following his cancer diagnosis and delivers remarks on July 25, 2017, after casting a crucial vote on the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="American Health Care Act">American Health Care Act</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On July 14, 2017, McCain underwent a minimally invasive <a href="/wiki/Craniotomy" title="Craniotomy">craniotomy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mayo_Clinic#Locations" title="Mayo Clinic">Mayo Clinic Hospital</a> in Phoenix, Arizona, to remove a blood clot above his left eye. His absence prompted <a href="/wiki/Senate_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Majority Leader">Senate Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> to delay a vote on the <a href="/wiki/American_Health_Care_Act_of_2017" title="American Health Care Act of 2017">Better Care Reconciliation Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-364" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-364"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>363<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Five days later, Mayo Clinic doctors announced the presence of a <a href="/wiki/Glioblastoma" title="Glioblastoma">glioblastoma</a>, which is a very aggressive cancerous <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumor" title="Brain tumor">brain tumor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tumor_365-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tumor-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even with treatment, average survival time is approximately 14 months.<sup id="cite_ref-tumor_365-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tumor-365"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>364<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain was a survivor of previous cancers, including melanoma.<sup id="cite_ref-Altman_231-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Altman-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-abc1606_366-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc1606-366"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>365<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President Donald Trump publicly wished Senator McCain well,<sup id="cite_ref-367" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-367"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>366<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as did many others, including former president Obama.<sup id="cite_ref-368" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-368"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>367<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 19, McCain's senatorial office issued a statement that he "appreciates the outpouring of support he has received over the last few days. He is in good spirits as he continues to recover at home ... and is confident that any future treatment will be effective."<sup id="cite_ref-369" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-369"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>368<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Return_to_the_Senate">Return to the Senate</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/220px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/330px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg/440px-John_McCain_Votes_No_on_Obamacare_Repeal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>McCain votes no on repealing the Affordable Care Act by giving a thumbs down.</figcaption></figure> <p>McCain returned to the Senate on July 25, less than two weeks after brain surgery. He cast a deciding vote allowing the Senate to begin consideration of bills to replace the Affordable Care Act. He delivered a speech criticizing the <a href="/wiki/Party-line_vote" title="Party-line vote">party-line voting</a> process and urged a "return to regular order" using the usual committee hearings and deliberations.<sup id="cite_ref-370" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-370"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>369<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-371" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-371"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>370<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-372" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-372"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>371<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 28, he cast the decisive vote against the Republicans' final proposal that month, the so-called "skinny repeal" option, which failed 49–51.<sup id="cite_ref-373" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-373"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>372<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain supported the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a>. </p><p>McCain did not vote in the Senate after December 2017, remaining in Arizona to undergo cancer treatment. On April 15, 2018, he underwent surgery for an infection relating to <a href="/wiki/Diverticulitis" title="Diverticulitis">diverticulitis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-374" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-374"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>373<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter_and_Senators_Joni_Ernst,_Daniel_Sullivan,_John_McCain,_Tom_Cotton,_Lindsey_Graham,_and_Cory_Gardner_attending_the_2016_International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies_Asia_Security_Summit_in_Singapore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/U.S._Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter_and_Senators_Joni_Ernst%2C_Daniel_Sullivan%2C_John_McCain%2C_Tom_Cotton%2C_Lindsey_Graham%2C_and_Cory_Gardner_attending_the_2016_International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies_Asia_Security_Summit_in_Singapore.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/U.S._Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter_and_Senators_Joni_Ernst%2C_Daniel_Sullivan%2C_John_McCain%2C_Tom_Cotton%2C_Lindsey_Graham%2C_and_Cory_Gardner_attending_the_2016_International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies_Asia_Security_Summit_in_Singapore.jpg/450px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/U.S._Secretary_of_Defense_Ash_Carter_and_Senators_Joni_Ernst%2C_Daniel_Sullivan%2C_John_McCain%2C_Tom_Cotton%2C_Lindsey_Graham%2C_and_Cory_Gardner_attending_the_2016_International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies_Asia_Security_Summit_in_Singapore.jpg/600px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4515" data-file-height="3094" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a> and Senators <a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Joni Ernst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sullivan_(U.S._senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Sullivan (U.S. senator)">Daniel Sullivan</a>, John McCain, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cotton" title="Tom Cotton">Tom Cotton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cory_Gardner" title="Cory Gardner">Cory Gardner</a> attending the 2016 <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Strategic_Studies" title="International Institute for Strategic Studies">International Institute for Strategic Studies</a> Asia Security Summit in Singapore</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a></b> (Chair) <ul><li>as chair of the full committee may serve as an ex-officio member of any subcommittee</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Permanent_Subcommittee_on_Investigations" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations">Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Financial_and_Contracting_Oversight" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight">Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Committee on Indian Affairs</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Committee on Intelligence</a></b> (ex-officio)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">International Conservation Caucus</a></li> <li>Senate Diabetes Caucus</li> <li>Senate National Security Caucus (Co-chair)</li> <li>Sportsmen's Caucus</li> <li>Senate Wilderness and Public Lands Caucus</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Ukraine_Caucus" title="Senate Ukraine Caucus">Senate Ukraine Caucus</a><sup id="cite_ref-375" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-375"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>374<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-376" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-376"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>375<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_funeral">Death and funeral</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_3" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm/220px--Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="7772" data-mwtitle="Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="512" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="512" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm/Memorial_Service_for_Arizona_Sen._John_S._McCain.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /></video></span><figcaption>Memorial service for McCain</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 24, 2018, McCain's family announced that he would no longer receive treatment for his cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-377" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-377"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>376<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died the following day at his home in <a href="/wiki/Cornville,_Arizona" title="Cornville, Arizona">Cornville, Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-378" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-378"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>377<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-379" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-379"><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg/210px-180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg/315px-180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg/420px-180829-Z-CZ735-248_%2843560303525%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3621" data-file-height="2414" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">John McCain lies in state at the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Capitol" title="Arizona State Capitol">Arizona State Capitol</a> rotunda.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:212px;max-width:212px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_of_Ukraine_Petro_Poroshenko_bid_farewell_to_U.S._Senator_John_McCain_(8).jpg" 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McCain's casket at the <a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral" title="Washington National Cathedral">Washington National Cathedral</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>McCain <a href="/wiki/Lying_in_state" title="Lying in state">lay in state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Capitol" title="Arizona State Capitol">Arizona State Capitol</a> in Phoenix on August 29, which would have been his 82nd birthday. This was followed by a service at North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30. His remains were then moved to Washington, D.C., to lie in state in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_rotunda" title="United States Capitol rotunda">United States Capitol rotunda</a><sup id="cite_ref-380" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-380"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>379<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on August 31, which was followed by a service at the <a href="/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral" title="Washington National Cathedral">Washington National Cathedral</a> on September 1. He was a "lifelong Episcopalian" who attended, but did not join, a <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist</a> church for at least 17 years; memorial services were scheduled in both denominations.<sup id="cite_ref-381" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-381"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>380<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-382" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-382"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>381<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to his death, McCain requested that former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama deliver eulogies at his funeral and asked that neither President Donald Trump nor his former running mate Sarah Palin attend any of the services.<sup id="cite_ref-383" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-383"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>382<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-384" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-384"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>383<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain himself planned the funeral arrangements and selected his <a href="/wiki/Pallbearer" title="Pallbearer">pallbearers</a> for the service in Washington, including former vice president and former Delaware Senator (and future president) <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, former Wisconsin Senator <a href="/wiki/Russ_Feingold" title="Russ Feingold">Russ Feingold</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a>, actor <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a>, and Russian dissident <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kara-Murza" title="Vladimir Kara-Murza">Vladimir Kara-Murza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-385" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-385"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>384<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Multiple foreign leaders attended McCain's service: <a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO" title="Secretary General of NATO">Secretary General of NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Jens_Stoltenberg" title="Jens Stoltenberg">Jens Stoltenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a> <a href="/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Petro Poroshenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_Taiwan%27s_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of Taiwan's Congress">Speaker of Taiwan's Congress</a> <a href="/wiki/Su_Jia-chyuan" title="Su Jia-chyuan">Su Jia-chyuan</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Minister_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defense Minister of Canada">National Defense Minister of Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Harjit_Sajjan" title="Harjit Sajjan">Harjit Sajjan</a>, defense minister <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCri_Luik" title="Jüri Luik">Jüri Luik</a> and foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Sven_Mikser" title="Sven Mikser">Sven Mikser</a> of Estonia, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Latvia)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)">Foreign Minister of Latvia</a> <a href="/wiki/Edgars_Rink%C4%93vi%C4%8Ds" title="Edgars Rinkēvičs">Edgars Rinkēvičs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister of Lithuania">Foreign Minister of Lithuania</a> <a href="/wiki/Linas_Antanas_Linkevi%C4%8Dius" title="Linas Antanas Linkevičius">Linas Antanas Linkevičius</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Minister_of_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia">Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia</a> <a href="/wiki/Adel_al-Jubeir" title="Adel al-Jubeir">Adel al-Jubeir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-386" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-386"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>385<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-387" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-387"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>386<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-388" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-388"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>387<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dignitaries who gave eulogies at the Memorial Service in Washington National Cathedral included <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a>, Joe Lieberman, and his daughter Meghan McCain. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> described the service as the biggest meeting of anti-Trump figures during his presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-389" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-389"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>388<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those who attended the funeral included former United States presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>; First Ladies <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>; and former vice presidents Joe Biden, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Dan Quayle</a>. Former president <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> did not attend; former president <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> was too ill to attend the service; and President Trump and former vice president <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a> were not invited. Other attendees included <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose" title="Charlie Rose">Charlie Rose</a>, Bob Dole, <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Albright" title="Madeleine Albright">Madeleine Albright</a>, John Kerry, Mitch McConnell, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a>, Mitt Romney, <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, Warren Beatty, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Leno" title="Jay Leno">Jay Leno</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a>. President Trump's daughter and son-in-law <a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka Trump</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a> attended to the displeasure of Meghan McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-390" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-390"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>389<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-391" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-391"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>390<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen_McCain_grave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Sen_McCain_grave.jpg/220px-Sen_McCain_grave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Sen_McCain_grave.jpg/330px-Sen_McCain_grave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Sen_McCain_grave.jpg/440px-Sen_McCain_grave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3344" data-file-height="2508" /></a><figcaption>Grave of John McCain III next to his Naval Academy classmate <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Larson" title="Charles R. Larson">Charles R. Larson</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy_Cemetery" title="United States Naval Academy Cemetery">United States Naval Academy Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On September 2, the funeral cortege traveled from Washington, D.C., through <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>, to the Naval Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-392" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-392"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>391<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A private service was held at the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Chapel" title="Naval Academy Chapel">Naval Academy Chapel</a> and McCain was buried at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy_Cemetery" title="United States Naval Academy Cemetery">United States Naval Academy Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-393" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-393"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>392<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Senate_Minority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Minority Leader">Senate Minority Leader</a> Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he would introduce a resolution to rename the <a href="/wiki/Russell_Senate_Office_Building" title="Russell Senate Office Building">Russell Senate Office Building</a> after McCain.<sup id="cite_ref-394" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-394"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>393<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Method_ringing#"Performances"" title="Method ringing">quarter peal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grandsire" title="Grandsire">Grandsire Caters</a> in memory of McCain was rung by the bellringers of Washington National Cathedral the day following his death.<sup id="cite_ref-395" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-395"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>394<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another memorial quarter peal was rung on September<span class="nowrap"> </span>6 on the <a href="/wiki/Bells_of_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Bells of Congress">Bells of Congress</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Post_Office_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)">Old Post Office</a> in Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-396" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-396"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>395<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_4" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/220px--The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="10" data-mwtitle="The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm/The_American_flag_files_at_half-staff_at_the_White_House_for_Sen._John_McCain.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House for Senator John McCain – video from <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>President Trump reportedly rejected the White House's plans to release a statement praising McCain's life, initially said nothing about McCain himself in a tweet that extended condolences to McCain's family.<sup id="cite_ref-397" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-397"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>396<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag at the White House, which had been lowered to <a href="/wiki/Half-mast#United_States" title="Half-mast">half-staff</a> the day of McCain's death (August 25), was raised back to full-staff at 12:01 a.m. on August 27.<sup id="cite_ref-398" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-398"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>397<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump reportedly felt that media coverage of McCain's death was excessive given that McCain was never elected president.<sup id="cite_ref-399" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-399"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>398<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following public backlash from the <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> and <a href="/wiki/AMVETS" title="AMVETS">AMVETS</a>, Trump ordered the White House flag back to half-staff later on August 27. Trump issued a statement praising McCain's service to the country, and he signed a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff until McCain's interment.<sup id="cite_ref-400" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-400"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>399<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-401" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-401"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>400<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_John_McCain" title="Political positions of John McCain">Political positions of John McCain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_the_2008_United_States_presidential_candidates" title="Comparison of the 2008 United States presidential candidates">Comparison of the 2008 United States presidential candidates</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Chart, with jagged orange and blue lines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg/330px-McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg/495px-McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg/660px-McCain-ACU-ADA-scores.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="436" /></a><figcaption>McCain's congressional voting scores, from the <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a> (orange line; 100 is most conservative) and <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Democratic_Action" title="Americans for Democratic Action">Americans for Democratic Action</a> (blue line; 100 is most liberal)<sup id="cite_ref-acu-ada-chart_402-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acu-ada-chart-402"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Various <a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">advocacy groups</a> have given McCain scores or grades as to how well his votes align with the positions of each group.<sup id="cite_ref-403" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-403"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>402<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CrowdPac, which rates politicians based on donations made and received, gave Senator McCain a score of 4.3C with 10C being the most conservative and 10L being the most liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-404" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-404"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>403<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The non-partisan <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> rates a Senator's votes by what percentage of the Senate voted more liberally than him or her, and what percentage more conservatively, in three policy areas: economic, social, and foreign. For 2005–2006 (as reported in the 2008 <i><a href="/wiki/Almanac_of_American_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Almanac of American Politics">Almanac of American Politics</a></i>), McCain's average ratings were as follows: economic policy: 59 percent conservative and 41 percent liberal; social policy: 54 percent conservative and 38 percent liberal; and foreign policy: 56 percent conservative and 43 percent liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-aap-08_405-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aap-08-405"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>404<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the <i>National Journal</i> gave McCain a composite score of 73 percent conservative and 27 percent liberal,<sup id="cite_ref-406" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-406"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>405<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while in 2013 he received a composite score of 60 percent conservative and 40 percent liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-407" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-407"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>406<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Columnists such as Robert Robb and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Continetti" title="Matthew Continetti">Matthew Continetti</a> used a formulation devised by <a href="/wiki/William_F._Buckley_Jr." title="William F. Buckley Jr.">William F. Buckley Jr.</a> to describe McCain as "conservative" but not "a conservative", meaning that while McCain usually tended towards conservative positions, he was not "anchored by the philosophical tenets of modern American conservatism".<sup id="cite_ref-Robb_408-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robb-408"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>407<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-409" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-409"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>408<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his 2008 presidential election loss, McCain began adopting more orthodox conservative views; the magazine <i>National Journal</i> rated McCain along with seven of his colleagues as the "most conservative" Senators for 2010<sup id="cite_ref-410" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-410"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>409<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he achieved a 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union for that year.<sup id="cite_ref-acu-ada-chart_402-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acu-ada-chart-402"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>401<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Barack Obama's presidency, McCain was one of the top five Republicans most likely to vote with Obama's position on significant votes; McCain voted with Obama's position on such votes more than half the time in 2013 and was "censured by the Arizona Republican party for a so-called 'liberal' voting record".<sup id="cite_ref-411" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-411"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>410<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the late 1990s until 2008, McCain was a board member of <a href="/wiki/Project_Vote_Smart" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Vote Smart">Project Vote Smart</a> which was set up by Richard Kimball, his 1986 Senate opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-412" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-412"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>411<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project provides non-partisan information about the political positions of McCain<sup id="cite_ref-413" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-413"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>412<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other candidates for political office. Additionally, McCain used his Senate website to describe his political positions.<sup id="cite_ref-414" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-414"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>413<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his 2008 speech to the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="Conservative Political Action Conference">CPAC</a> McCain stated that he believed in "small government; fiscal discipline; low taxes; a strong defense, judges who enforce, and not make, our laws; the social values that are the true source of our strength; and, generally, the steadfast defense of our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."<sup id="cite_ref-415" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-415"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>414<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his 2018 memoir <i><a href="/wiki/The_Restless_Wave_(book)" title="The Restless Wave (book)">The Restless Wave</a></i> he described himself as "a proponent of lower taxes, less government, free markets, free trade, defense readiness, and democratic internationalism." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_and_political_image">Cultural and political image</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_John_McCain" title="Public image of John McCain">Public image of John McCain</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="White-haired man standing at podium and speaking and gesturing with outstretched arm and an outdoor venue" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg/220px-McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg/330px-McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg/440px-McCain2008MemorialDay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="779" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>McCain speaks in <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a>, 2008, while wearing his <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife,_Cindy,_watch_as_their_son,_Jimmy_McCain,_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother,_Ensign_John.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Four people in a room" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg/220px-US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg/330px-US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg/440px-US_Navy_110128-N-3303D-001_Sen._John_McCain_and_his_wife%2C_Cindy%2C_watch_as_their_son%2C_Jimmy_McCain%2C_pins_aviator%27s_wings_on_his_brother%2C_Ensign_John.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2292" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>McCain and his wife Cindy watch in 2011 as their son Jimmy pins aviator wings on their son Ensign John Sidney McCain IV.</figcaption></figure> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="thumbcaption">Public opinion of John McCain<sup id="cite_ref-416" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-416"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>415<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></div> <p>McCain's personal character was a dominant feature of his public image.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-brooks_417-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-brooks-417"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This image includes the military service of both himself and his family,<sup id="cite_ref-418" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-418"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>417<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the circumstances and tensions surrounding the end of his first marriage and beginning of second,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his maverick political persona,<sup id="cite_ref-az-maverick_121-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his temper,<sup id="cite_ref-Keller_419-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keller-419"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his admitted problem of occasional ill-considered remarks,<sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his close ties to his children from both his marriages.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perhaps the most egregious of McCain's "occasional ill-considered remarks" was his widely condemned 2000 comment that, "I hate the <a href="/wiki/Gook" title="Gook">gooks</a>. I will hate them as long as I live." Although McCain claimed he was referring only to his captors and guards, his comments were poorly received by the Asian-American community. His use of a racial slur was also seen as a continuation of a <a href="/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States#Asian_Americans" title="Racism in the United States">long history of anti-Asian sentiment in America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-420" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-420"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>419<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-421" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-421"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>420<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-422" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-422"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>421<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his years as a Senator, McCain took more than 20 trips to Vietnam, repeatedly visiting the place of his captivity.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_423-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-423"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his death, former Vietnamese ambassador to the United States <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ph%E1%BA%A1m_Quang_Vinh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phạm Quang Vinh (page does not exist)">Phạm Quang Vinh</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BA%A1m_Quang_Vinh_(%C4%91%E1%BA%A1i_s%E1%BB%A9)" class="extiw" title="vi:Phạm Quang Vinh (đại sứ)">vi</a>]</span> described him as "a great friend to Vietnam."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_423-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-423"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>422<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain's political appeal was more nonpartisan and less ideological compared to many other national politicians.<sup id="cite_ref-424" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-424"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>423<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His stature and reputation stemmed partly from his service in the Vietnam War.<sup id="cite_ref-hunt-hero_425-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hunt-hero-425"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also carried physical vestiges of his war wounds, as well as his melanoma surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-426" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-426"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>425<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When campaigning, he quipped: "I am older than dirt and have more scars than Frankenstein."<sup id="cite_ref-427" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-427"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>426<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writers often extolled McCain for his courage not just in war but in politics, and wrote sympathetically about him.<sup id="cite_ref-vf0207_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vf0207-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt-brooks_417-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-brooks-417"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>416<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hunt-hero_425-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hunt-hero-425"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>424<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-428" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-428"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>427<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-429" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-429"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>428<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain's shift of political stances and attitudes during and especially after the 2008 presidential campaign, including his self-repudiation of the maverick label, left many writers expressing sadness and wondering what had happened to the McCain they thought they had known.<sup id="cite_ref-430" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-430"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>429<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fallows-myst_431-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fallows-myst-431"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>430<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-432" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-432"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>431<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vf1110_433-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vf1110-433"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>432<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2013, some aspects of the older McCain had returned, and his image became that of a kaleidoscope of contradictory tendencies, including as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_in_Name_Only" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican in Name Only">Republican in Name Only</a> or a "traitor" to his party<sup id="cite_ref-434" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-434"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>433<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, as one writer listed, "the maverick, the former maverick, the curmudgeon, the bridge builder, the war hero bent on transcending the call of self-interest to serve a cause greater than himself, the sore loser, old bull, last lion, loose cannon, happy warrior, elder statesman, lion in winter."<sup id="cite_ref-nytm-ml2013_321-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytm-ml2013-321"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>320<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his own estimation, McCain was straightforward and direct, but impatient.<sup id="cite_ref-435" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-435"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>434<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other traits included a penchant for lucky charms,<sup id="cite_ref-436" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-436"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>435<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a sense of humor that sometimes backfired spectacularly, as when he made a joke in 1998 about the Clintons that was widely deemed not fit to print in newspapers: "Do you know why <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Clinton" title="Chelsea Clinton">Chelsea Clinton</a> is so ugly? – Because <a href="/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a> is her father."<sup id="cite_ref-salon-joke_437-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-joke-437"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>436<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gua-ep_438-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gua-ep-438"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>437<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain subsequently apologized profusely,<sup id="cite_ref-439" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-439"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>438<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Clinton White House accepted his apology.<sup id="cite_ref-440" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-440"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>439<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain did not shy away from addressing his shortcomings, and he apologized for them.<sup id="cite_ref-az-senate_95-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-senate-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-441" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-441"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>440<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was known for sometimes being prickly<sup id="cite_ref-442" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-442"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>441<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and hot-tempered<sup id="cite_ref-443" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-443"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>442<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Senate colleagues, but his relations with his own Senate staff were more cordial, and inspired loyalty towards him.<sup id="cite_ref-444" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-444"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>443<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-445" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-445"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>444<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formed a strong bond with two senators, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, over hawkish foreign policy and overseas travel, and they became dubbed the "Three Amigos".<sup id="cite_ref-amigos_311-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amigos-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain acknowledged having said intemperate things in years past,<sup id="cite_ref-446" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-446"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>445<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he also said that many stories have been exaggerated.<sup id="cite_ref-447" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-447"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>446<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One <a href="/wiki/Psychoanalysis" title="Psychoanalysis">psychoanalytic</a> comparison suggested that McCain was not the first presidential candidate to have a temper,<sup id="cite_ref-448" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-448"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>447<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and cultural critic <a href="/wiki/Julia_Keller" title="Julia Keller">Julia Keller</a> argued that voters want leaders who are passionate, engaged, fiery, and feisty.<sup id="cite_ref-Keller_419-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keller-419"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>418<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain employed both profanity<sup id="cite_ref-449" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-449"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>448<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and shouting on occasion, although such incidents became less frequent over the years.<sup id="cite_ref-Kranish_450-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kranish-450"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-451" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-451"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>450<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lieberman made this observation: "It is not the kind of anger that is a loss of control. He is a very controlled person."<sup id="cite_ref-Kranish_450-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kranish-450"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator <a href="/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran">Thad Cochran</a>, who knew McCain for decades and had battled him over <a href="/wiki/Earmark_(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)">earmarks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-452" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-452"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>451<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-453" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-453"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>452<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> expressed concern about a McCain presidency: "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."<sup id="cite_ref-Kranish_450-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kranish-450"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>449<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yet Cochran supported McCain for president when it was clear he would win the nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-454" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-454"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>453<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> editorial board called McCain a patriot, who although sometimes wrong was fearless, and that he deserves to be thought of among the few US senators in history, whose names are more recognizable than some presidents.<sup id="cite_ref-455" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-455"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>454<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All McCain's family members were on good terms with him,<sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he defended them against some of the negative consequences of his high-profile political lifestyle.<sup id="cite_ref-456" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-456"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>455<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-457" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-457"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>456<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family's military tradition extends to the latest generation: son John Sidney IV ("Jack") graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2009, becoming the fourth generation John S. McCain to do so, and is a helicopter pilot; son James served two tours with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marines</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>; and son Doug flew jets in the navy.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt122707_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-458" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-458"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>457<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-459" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-459"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>458<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter Meghan became a blogging and Twittering presence in the debate about the future of the Republican Party following the 2008 elections, and showed some of his maverick tendencies.<sup id="cite_ref-460" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-460"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>459<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-461" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-461"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>460<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017 Meghan joined the cast of the popular ABC talk show <i><a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" title="The View (talk show)">The View</a></i> as a co-host.<sup id="cite_ref-462" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-462"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>461<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator McCain himself also appeared as a guest on the program.<sup id="cite_ref-463" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-463"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>462<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain appeared in several television shows and films while he was a sitting senator. He made uncredited <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearances</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Wedding_Crashers" title="Wedding Crashers">Wedding Crashers</a></i> and <i>24</i> and had two uncredited cameos in <i>Parks and Recreation</i>. McCain also hosted <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> in 2002 and appeared in two episodes in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-464" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-464"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>463<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Military_awards" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">Early life and military career of John McCain § Military awards</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg/220px-Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg/330px-Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Senator_McCain_Visits_Batumi_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a> of Georgia awards a <a href="/wiki/National_Hero_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hero of Georgia">National Hero of Georgia</a> order to McCain in <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>, January 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to <a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain#Military_awards" title="Early life and military career of John McCain">his military honors and decorations</a>, McCain was granted a number of civilian awards and honors. </p><p>In 1997, <i>Time</i> magazine named McCain as one of the "25 Most Influential People in America".<sup id="cite_ref-fox-time25_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox-time25-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, McCain shared the Profile in Courage Award with Senator Russ Feingold for their work towards campaign finance reform.<sup id="cite_ref-jfk-award_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jfk-award-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the same pair shared the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government.<sup id="cite_ref-465" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-465"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>464<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, <a href="/wiki/The_Eisenhower_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="The Eisenhower Institute">The Eisenhower Institute</a> awarded McCain the Eisenhower Leadership Prize.<sup id="cite_ref-466" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-466"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>465<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prize recognizes individuals whose lifetime accomplishments reflect <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>'s legacy of integrity and leadership. In 2006, the Bruce F. Vento Public Service Award was bestowed upon McCain by the National Park Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-467" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-467"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>466<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, McCain was awarded the Henry M. Jackson Distinguished Service Award by the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Institute_for_National_Security_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs">Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs</a>, in honor of Senator <a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Jackson" title="Henry M. Jackson">Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-468" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-468"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>467<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/World_Leadership_Forum" title="World Leadership Forum">World Leadership Forum</a> presented McCain with the Policymaker of the Year Award; it is given internationally to someone who has "created, inspired or strongly influenced important policy or legislation".<sup id="cite_ref-469" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-469"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>468<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, President <a href="/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a> of Georgia awarded McCain the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_National_Hero_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of National Hero (Georgia)">Order of National Hero</a>, an award never previously given to a non-<a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-470" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-470"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>469<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Kyiv_Patriarchate" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate">Kyiv Patriarchate</a> awarded McCain its own version of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Vladimir" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Vladimir">Order of St. Vladimir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-471" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-471"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>470<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_College" title="Allegheny College">Allegheny College</a> awarded McCain, along with Vice President Joe Biden, its Prize for Civility in Public Life.<sup id="cite_ref-472" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-472"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>471<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2016, Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, awarded McCain with the highest award for foreigners, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Liberty_(Ukraine)" title="Order of Liberty (Ukraine)">Order of Liberty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-473" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-473"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>472<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Hashim_Tha%C3%A7i" title="Hashim Thaçi">Hashim Thaçi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kosovo" title="President of Kosovo">President of Kosovo</a>, awarded McCain the "Urdhër i Lirisë" (Order of Freedom) medal for his contribution to the freedom and independence of Kosovo, and its partnership with the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-474" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-474"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>473<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCain also received the <a href="/wiki/Liberty_Medal" title="Liberty Medal">Liberty Medal</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_Constitution_Center" title="National Constitution Center">National Constitution Center</a> in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-475" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-475"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>474<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring of 2018 McCain was decorated with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun#1st_Class,_Grand_Cordon" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun</a> from the Japanese Emperor for 'strengthening bilateral relations and promoting friendship between Japan and the United States'.<sup id="cite_ref-476" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-476"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>475<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, President Biden posthumously awarded McCain the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-477" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-477"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>476<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McCain received several honorary degrees, including from <a href="/wiki/Colgate_University" title="Colgate University">Colgate University</a> (<a href="/wiki/LL.D" class="mw-redirect" title="LL.D">LL.D</a>; 2000),<sup id="cite_ref-478" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-478"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>477<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Citadel" title="The Citadel">The Citadel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Public_Administration" title="Doctor of Public Administration">DPA</a>; 2002),<sup id="cite_ref-479" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-479"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>478<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a> (LL.D; May 20, 2002),<sup id="cite_ref-480" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-480"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>479<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-481" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-481"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>480<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters" title="Doctor of Humane Letters">DHL</a>; May 2004),<sup id="cite_ref-482" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-482"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>481<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> (LL.D; June 17, 2005),<sup id="cite_ref-483" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-483"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>482<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-484" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-484"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>483<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> (2006),<sup id="cite_ref-485" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-485"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>484<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_New_School" title="The New School">The New School</a> (2006),<sup id="cite_ref-486" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-486"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>485<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_College_of_Canada" title="Royal Military College of Canada">Royal Military College of Canada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Military_science" title="Military science">D.MSc</a> June 27, 2013).<sup id="cite_ref-487" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-487"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>486<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-488" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-488"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>487<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-489" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-489"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>488<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also made an Honorary Patron of the <a href="/wiki/University_Philosophical_Society" title="University Philosophical Society">University Philosophical Society</a> at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-490" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-490"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>489<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 11, 2018, <a href="/wiki/USS_John_S._McCain_(DDG-56)" title="USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)">USS <i>John S. McCain</i></a>, originally named in honor of the Senator's father and grandfather, was rededicated in the Senator's name also.<sup id="cite_ref-491" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-491"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>490<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LAT_2019-06-02_492-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_2019-06-02-492"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>491<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 29, 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_City_Council" title="Phoenix City Council">Phoenix City Council</a> unanimously voted to name Terminal 3 at <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Sky_Harbor_International_Airport" title="Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport">Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport</a> in Honor of the Senator which opened on January 7, 2019, after his death in August 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-493" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-493"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>492<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commemoration">Commemoration</h2></div> <p>On April 4, 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_City_Council" title="Kyiv City Council">Kyiv City Council</a> renamed a street that had previously been named after the <a href="/wiki/NKVD" title="NKVD">NKVD</a> agent Ivan Kudria to "John McCain Street".<sup id="cite_ref-494" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-494"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>493<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-495" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-495"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>494<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-496" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-496"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>495<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is also John McCain Street in the city of <a href="/wiki/Kryvyi_Rih" title="Kryvyi Rih">Kryvyi Rih</a>. The cities of <a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sumy" title="Sumy">Sumy</a> have Senator McCain Street. </p><p>A John McCain memorial was built in Hanoi, now a symbol of McCain's relationship with Vietnam, and the relationship of the U.S. to Vietnam.<sup id="cite_ref-497" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-497"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>496<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-498" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-498"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>497<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-499" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-499"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>498<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_John_McCain" title="Electoral history of John McCain">Electoral history of John McCain</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers" title="Faith of My Fathers">Faith of My Fathers</a></i> by John McCain, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Salter" title="Mark Salter">Mark Salter</a> (Random House, 1999) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-50191-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-50191-6">0-375-50191-6</a> (later made into the 2005 television film <i><a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers_(film)" title="Faith of My Fathers (film)">Faith of My Fathers</a></i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Worth_the_Fighting_For" title="Worth the Fighting For">Worth the Fighting For</a></i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Random House, September 2002) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-50542-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-50542-3">0-375-50542-3</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Courage_Matters" title="Why Courage Matters">Why Courage Matters</a>: The Way to a Braver Life</i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Random House, 2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4000-6030-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-4000-6030-3">1-4000-6030-3</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Character_Is_Destiny" title="Character Is Destiny">Character Is Destiny</a>: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember</i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Random House, 2005) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4000-6412-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-4000-6412-0">1-4000-6412-0</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hard_Call" title="Hard Call">Hard Call</a>: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them</i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Hachette, 2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-58040-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-58040-6">0-446-58040-6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Soldiers" title="Thirteen Soldiers">Thirteen Soldiers</a>: A Personal History of Americans at War</i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Simon & Schuster, 2014) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4767-5965-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-4767-5965-0">1-4767-5965-0</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Restless_Wave_(book)" title="The Restless Wave (book)">The Restless Wave</a>: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations</i> by John McCain, Mark Salter (Simon & Schuster, 2018) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1501178009" title="Special:BookSources/978-1501178009">978-1501178009</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles_and_forewords">Articles and forewords</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081013133940/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html">"How the POW's Fought Back", by John S. McCain III, Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i>, May 14, 1973 (reprinted for web under different title in 2008). Reprinted in <i>Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969–1975</i> (<a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="The Library of America">The Library of America</a>, 1998) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-883011-59-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-883011-59-0">1-883011-59-0</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Code_of_Conduct_and_the_Vietnam_Prisoners_of_War" title="The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War">The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War</a>", by John S. McCain, Commander USN, <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a>, April 8, 1974 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20080615/McCain.pdf">actual paper</a>)</li> <li>Foreword by John McCain to <i>A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_C._Brace" title="Ernest C. Brace">Ernest C. Brace</a> (St. Martin's Press, 1988) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7090-3560-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7090-3560-8">0-7090-3560-8</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030219/http://mccain.senate.gov/speechesyr.htm">Speeches</a> of John McCain, 1988–2000</li> <li>Foreword by John McCain to <i>Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-held Prisoner</i> by Tom Philpott (W. W. Norton, 2001) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-393-02012-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-393-02012-6">0-393-02012-6</a></li> <li>Foreword by John McCain to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_and_the_Brightest" title="The Best and the Brightest">The Best and the Brightest</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Halberstam" title="David Halberstam">David Halberstam</a> (Random House, 2001 edition) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58836-098-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-58836-098-9">1-58836-098-9</a></li> <li>Foreword by John S. McCain to <i>Unfinished Business: Afghanistan, the Middle East and Beyond – Defusing the Dangers That Threaten America's Security</i> by <a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ullman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harlan Ullman">Harlan Ullman</a> (Citadel Press, 2002) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8065-2431-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8065-2431-6">0-8065-2431-6</a></li> <li>Foreword by John McCain and <a href="/wiki/Max_Cleland" title="Max Cleland">Max Cleland</a> to <i>Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming</i> by Jonathan Shay (Scribner, 2002) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-1156-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-1156-1">0-7432-1156-1</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080529155057/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/3491861.html?page=3">Foreword</a> by John McCain to <i>Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts</i> by the Editors of <i><a href="/wiki/Popular_Mechanics" title="Popular Mechanics">Popular Mechanics</a></i> (Hearst, 2006) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58816-635-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-58816-635-X">1-58816-635-X</a></li> <li>Introduction by John McCain to <i>Pearl Harbor, the Day of Infamy, an Illustrated History</i> by <a href="/wiki/Dan_van_der_Vat" title="Dan van der Vat">Dan van der Vat</a> (Black Walnut Books, 2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-897330-28-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-897330-28-6">1-897330-28-6</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080821034132/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20071101faessay86602/john-mccain/an-enduring-peace-built-on-freedom.html">"An Enduring Peace Built on Freedom: Securing America's Future" by John McCain</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs" title="Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs</a></i>, November/December 2007</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Congress_members_who_died_in_office_(2000%E2%80%93)#2010s" title="List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–)">List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–) § 2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_born_outside_the_United_States" title="List of United States senators born outside the United States">List of United States senators born outside the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)#John_McCain" title="Natural-born-citizen clause (United States)">Natural-born-citizen clause (United States) § John McCain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Jim Inhofe</a> served as acting chairman while McCain was on leave from December 2017 – September 6, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKane2017" class="citation news cs1">Kane, Paul (December 16, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/how-the-oldest-senate-ever-is-taking-a-toll-on-the-operations-of-washington/2017/12/16/349f27b8-e1b3-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html">"How the oldest Senate ever is taking a toll on the business of Washington"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927142931/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/how-the-oldest-senate-ever-is-taking-a-toll-on-the-operations-of-washington/2017/12/16/349f27b8-e1b3-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 27, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 26,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=How+the+oldest+Senate+ever+is+taking+a+toll+on+the+business+of+Washington&rft.date=2017-12-16&rft.aulast=Kane&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpowerpost%2Fhow-the-oldest-senate-ever-is-taking-a-toll-on-the-operations-of-washington%2F2017%2F12%2F16%2F349f27b8-e1b3-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-timberg-bio-ch1-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-timberg-bio-ch1_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timberg-bio-ch1_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTimberg1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Timberg" title="Robert Timberg">Timberg, Robert</a> (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/timberg-mccain.html">"The Punk"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/johnmccainameric00timb"><i>John McCain, An American Odyssey</i></a>. Simon and Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-86794-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-86794-6"><bdi>978-0-684-86794-6</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 4,</span> 2015</span> – via The New York Times.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Punk&rft.btitle=John+McCain%2C+An+American+Odyssey&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-684-86794-6&rft.aulast=Timberg&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fbooks%2Ffirst%2Ft%2Ftimberg-mccain.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorison2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="Samuel Eliot Morison">Morison, Samuel Eliot</a> (2007). <i>The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War</i>. <a href="/wiki/Naval_Institute_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Institute Press">Naval Institute Press</a>. p. 119.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Two-Ocean+War%3A+A+Short+History+of+the+United+States+Navy+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.pages=119&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Morison&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Eliot&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFImmerwahr2019" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Immerwahr" title="Daniel Immerwahr">Immerwahr, Daniel</a> (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1086608761"><i>How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States</i></a>. Straus, and Giroux Farrar. New York. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71512-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71512-0"><bdi>978-0-374-71512-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1086608761">1086608761</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200605215508/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1086608761">Archived</a> from the original on June 5, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 3,</span> 2022</span>. <q>McCain was, per the 1937 statute, a citizen by virtue of his birth. But he wasn't born a citizen, as no law made him a citizen at the time of his birth. Arguably, then, he was not a 'natural born citizen' and thus not eligible for the presidency. As Gabriel Chin, the law professor who unearthed this, put it, McCain was born 'eleven months and a hundred yards short of citizenship.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+to+Hide+an+Empire%3A+A+History+of+the+Greater+United+States&rft.place=New+York&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1086608761&rft.isbn=978-0-374-71512-0&rft.aulast=Immerwahr&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F1086608761&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-az-naval-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-az-naval_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-naval_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-naval_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nowicki, Dan and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Muller" title="Bill Muller">Muller, Bill</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter2.html">"John McCain Report: At the Naval Academy"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140906090218/http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter2.html">Archived</a> September 6, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a> </i> (March 1, 2007). Retrieved November 10, 2007; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-postscript.html">"How the biography was put together"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080829111658/http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-postscript.html">Archived</a> August 29, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>The Arizona Republic</i> (March 1, 2007). Retrieved June 18, 2008. ("McCain's grades [at the Naval Academy] were good in the subjects he enjoyed, such as literature and history. Gamboa said McCain would rather read a history book than do his math homework. He did just enough to pass the classes he didn't find stimulating. 'He stood low in his class,' Gamboa said. 'But that was by choice, not design.'")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ap-wmd-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ap-wmd_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ap-wmd_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Woodward, Calvin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-11-03-998821539_x.htm">"McCain's WMD Is A Mouth That Won't Quit"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120315155128/http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-11-03-998821539_x.htm">Archived</a> March 15, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> (November 4, 2007). Retrieved November 10, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain was christened and raised Episcopalian. See Nichols, Hans. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aHH18X6Vsqzk">"McCain Keeps His Faith to Himself, at Church and in Campaign"</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged November 2019">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, Bloomberg (April 25, 2008). He then identified as a Baptist, although he had not been baptized as an adult, and was not an official member of the church he attended. See Warner, Greg. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090318030725/http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3229&Itemid=121">"McCain's faith: Pastor describes senator as devout, but low-key"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Baptist_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Baptist Press">Associated Baptist Press</a> (April 8, 2008). Retrieved September 6, 2008. Also see Hornick, Ed. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/warren.forum/index.html">"McCain and Obama cite moral failures"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080818024018/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/16/warren.forum/index.html">Archived</a> August 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (August 16, 2008): "McCain, who was raised an Episcopalian and now identifies himself as Baptist, rarely discusses his faith." Retrieved August 16, 2008. Also see Reston, Maeve and Mehta, Seema. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080912033715/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-saddleback17-2008aug17,0,140426.story">"Barack Obama and John McCain to Meet at Saddleback Church"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, (August 16, 2008). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-saddleback17-2008aug17,0,140426.story">the original</a> on September 12, 2008: "McCain [is] an Episcopalian who attends a Baptist church in Phoenix<span class="nowrap"> </span>..." Retrieved August 16, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alextimes.com/2007/06/episcopal-fetes-a-favorite-son/">"Episcopal fetes a favorite son"</a>. <i>Alexandria Times</i>. June 12, 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180809060417/https://alextimes.com/2007/06/episcopal-fetes-a-favorite-son/">Archived</a> from the original on August 9, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Simon and Schuster. pp. 31–35. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82673-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-82673-8"><bdi>978-0-684-82673-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nightingale%27s+Song&rft.pages=31-35&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=1996-09-11&rft.isbn=978-0-684-82673-8&rft.aulast=Timberg&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D89xm-0eIfG8C%26pg%3DPA31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nw051407-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nw051407_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBailey2007" class="citation news cs1">Bailey, Holly (May 14, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/34694">"John McCain: 'I Learned How to Take Hard Blows'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090125125048/http://www.newsweek.com/id/34694">Archived</a> from the original on January 25, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 19,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=John+McCain%3A+%27I+Learned+How+to+Take+Hard+Blows%27&rft.date=2007-05-14&rft.aulast=Bailey&rft.aufirst=Holly&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fid%2F34694&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBCNews2018Aug26-KeyMoments_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZurcher2018" class="citation web cs1">Zurcher, Anthony (August 26, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44009916">"The key moments in John McCain's life"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210824230208/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44009916">Archived</a> from the original on August 24, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=The+key+moments+in+John+McCain%27s+life&rft.date=2018-08-26&rft.aulast=Zurcher&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-44009916&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, p. 134.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, 207. McCain scored 128 and then 133 on <a href="/wiki/IQ" class="mw-redirect" title="IQ">IQ</a> tests.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-alexander-32-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-alexander-32_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, p. 156.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-feinberg-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-feinberg_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-feinberg_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Feinberg, Barbara. <i>John McCain: Serving His Country</i>, p. 18 (Millbrook Press 2000). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7613-1974-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7613-1974-3">0-7613-1974-3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-timberg-bio-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-timberg-bio_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Timberg, <i>American Odyssey</i>, pp. 66–68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lat100608-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lat100608_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lat100608_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lat100608_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vartabedian, Ralph and Serrano, Richard A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aviator6-2008oct06,0,876358,full.story">"Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021160309/http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-aviator6-2008oct06,0,876358,full.story">Archived</a> October 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> (October 6, 2008). Retrieved October 6, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dmr-mccain-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dmr-mccain_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080625184356/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=caucus&template=detail&candidate=mccain">"John McCain"</a>, <i>Iowa Caucuses '08</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Des_Moines_Register" title="The Des Moines Register">The Des Moines Register</a></i>. Retrieved November 8, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-alexander-92-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-alexander-92_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alexander-92_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 92</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 33</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt122707-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt122707_27-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Steinhauer, Jennifer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/us/politics/27mccainkids.html">"Bridging four Decades, a Large, Close-Knit Brood"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180829223159/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/us/politics/27mccainkids.html">Archived</a> August 29, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (December 27, 2007). Retrieved December 27, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFouhy2008" class="citation web cs1">Fouhy, Beth (June 30, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-06-30-2937395846_x.htm">"McCain recalls loss on <i>Jeopardy!</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103643/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-06-30-2937395846_x.htm">Archived</a> from the original on October 6, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 3,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=USA+Today&rft.atitle=McCain+recalls+loss+on+Jeopardy%21&rft.date=2008-06-30&rft.aulast=Fouhy&rft.aufirst=Beth&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fusatoday30.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2008-06-30-2937395846_x.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, pp. 167–68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, pp. 172–73.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mccain-185-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mccain-185_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mccain-185_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, pp. 185–86.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Karaagac-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Karaagac_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Karaagac, John. <i>John McCain: An Essay in Military and Political History</i>, pp. 81–82 (Lexington Books 2000). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7391-0171-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7391-0171-4">0-7391-0171-4</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt073167-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt073167_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weinraub, Bernard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/politics/20080203_MCCAIN_TIMELINE/content/pdf/19670731b.pdf">"Start of Tragedy: Pilot Hears a Blast As He Checks Plane"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171229220753/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/politics/20080203_MCCAIN_TIMELINE/content/pdf/19670731b.pdf">Archived</a> December 29, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (July 31, 1967). Retrieved March 28, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-timberg-73-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-timberg-73_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Timberg, <i>American Odyssey</i>, pp. 72–74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ff-178-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ff-178_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, <i>Faith of My Fathers</i>, pp. 177–79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DANFS-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DANFS_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">US Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/forrestal.htm">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships – Forrestal</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080320002709/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/forrestal.htm">Archived</a> March 20, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. States either Aircraft No. 405 piloted by LCDR Fred D. White or No. 416 piloted by LCDR John McCain was struck by the Zuni.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Timberg, <i>American Odyssey</i>, 75.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ap050708-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ap050708_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ap050708_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ap050708_38-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kuhnhenn, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090627082502/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/05/07/navy_releases_mccains_military_record/">"Navy releases McCain's military record"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Globe">Boston Globe</a></i> (May 7, 2008). 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Regarding his first marriage, McCain said that he "had not shown the same determination to rebuild (his) personal life" as he had shown in his military career, and that "marriages can be hard to recover after great time and distance have separated a husband and wife. We are different people when we reunite<span class="nowrap"> </span>... But my marriage's collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity more than it was to Vietnam, and I cannot escape blame by pointing a finger at the war. The blame was entirely mine." 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Retrieved July 26, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Curry-120"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Curry_120-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Curry_120-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Curry, Tom. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/18337220">"McCain takes grim message to South Carolina"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002332/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18337220/">Archived</a> February 10, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> (April 26, 2007). Retrieved December 27, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-az-maverick-121"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-maverick_121-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nowicki, Dan and Muller, Bill. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter9.html">"John McCain Report: McCain becomes the 'maverick'"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160123080838/http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter9.html">Archived</a> January 23, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i> (March 1, 2007). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter10.html">the original</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081123013403/http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter10.html">Archived</a> November 23, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on December 6, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-136"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-136">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernstein, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/01/books/books-of-the-times-standing-humbly-before-a-noble-family-tradition.html">"Books of the Times; Standing Humbly Before a Noble Family Tradition"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826215128/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/01/books/books-of-the-times-standing-humbly-before-a-noble-family-tradition.html">Archived</a> August 26, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (October 1, 1999). 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Retrieved May 26, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-139"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-139">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRessnerVogel2008" class="citation news cs1">Ressner, Jeffrey; <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_P._Vogel" title="Kenneth P. Vogel">Vogel, Kenneth P.</a> (July 3, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11487.html">"McCain's TV biopic, reconsidered"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Politico" class="mw-redirect" title="The Politico">The Politico</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120913114424/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11487.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 13, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 26,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Politico&rft.atitle=McCain%27s+TV+biopic%2C+reconsidered&rft.date=2008-07-03&rft.aulast=Ressner&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey&rft.au=Vogel%2C+Kenneth+P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0708%2F11487.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-140"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-140">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Knickerbocker, Brad. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0916/p16s2.html">"From a Vietnam Prison to the United States Senate"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080118074529/http://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0916/p16s2.html">Archived</a> January 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Science_Monitor" title="The Christian Science Monitor">The Christian Science Monitor</a></i> (September 16, 1999). 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Retrieved December 27, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt092799-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt092799_142-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bruni, Frank. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/27/us/quayle-outspent-by-bush-will-quit-race-aide-says.html">"Quayle, Outspent by Bush, Will Quit Race, Aide Says"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210703065641/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/27/us/quayle-outspent-by-bush-will-quit-race-aide-says.html">Archived</a> July 3, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (September 27, 2000). 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Retrieved January 1, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gallup-chart-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gallup-chart_146-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Data for table is from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/1618/Favorability-People-News.aspx">"Favorability: People in the News: John McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170830151157/http://www.gallup.com/poll/1618/favorability-people-news.aspx">Archived</a> August 30, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Gallup_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gallup Organization">The Gallup Organization</a>, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt101907-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt101907_147-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt101907_147-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt101907_147-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt101907_147-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt101907_147-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Steinhauer, Jennifer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html">"Confronting Ghosts of 2000 in South Carolina"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081209070019/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/politics/19mccain.html">Archived</a> December 9, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (October 19, 2007). Retrieved January 7, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dp2008-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dp2008_148-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/now/shows/401/index.html">"Dirty Politics 2008"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170909160739/http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/401/index.html">Archived</a> September 9, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/NOW_on_PBS" class="mw-redirect" title="NOW on PBS">NOW</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> (January 4, 2008). Retrieved January 6, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, pp. 254–55, 262–63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt021000-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt021000_150-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mitchell, Alison. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/10/us/2000-campaign-gop-front-runners-bush-mccain-exchange-sharp-words-over-fund.html">"Bush and McCain Exchange Sharp Words Over Fund-Raising"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826211221/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/10/us/2000-campaign-gop-front-runners-bush-mccain-exchange-sharp-words-over-fund.html">Archived</a> August 26, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 10, 2000). Retrieved January 7, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-alex-250-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-alex-250_151-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alex-250_151-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, pp. 250–51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, pp. 263–66</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-153"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-153">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gooding, Richard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/11/mccain200411">"The Trashing of John McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200302055336/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/11/mccain200411">Archived</a> March 2, 2020, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> (November 2004). Retrieved July 21, 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iht022100-154"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iht022100_154-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iht022100_154-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Knowlton, Brian. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/21/news/21iht-carolina.2.t_1.html">"McCain Licks Wounds After South Carolina Rejects His Candidacy"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826212118/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/21/news/21iht-carolina.2.t_1.html">Archived</a> August 26, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/International_Herald_Tribune" title="International Herald Tribune">International Herald Tribune</a></i> (February 21, 2000). Retrieved January 1, 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aap-08-p96-155"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-aap-08-p96_155-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Barone_(pundit)" title="Michael Barone (pundit)">Barone, Michael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Cohen" title="Richard E. Cohen">Cohen, Richard</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Almanac_of_American_Politics" title="The Almanac of American Politics">The Almanac of American Politics</a>, 2008</i>, p. 96 (<a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a> 2008). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89234-117-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-89234-117-3">0-89234-117-3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt021600-156"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt021600_156-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mitchell, Alison. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/16/us/the-2000-campaign-the-arizona-senator-mccain-catches-mud-then-parades-it.html">"McCain Catches Mud, Then Parades It"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826211104/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/16/us/the-2000-campaign-the-arizona-senator-mccain-catches-mud-then-parades-it.html">Archived</a> August 26, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 16, 2000). Retrieved January 1, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cnn022200-157"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cnn022200_157-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCaleb, Ian Christopher. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081211102052/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/02/22/gop.wrap/index.html">"McCain recovers from South Carolina disappointment, wins in Arizona, Michigan"</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (February 22, 2000). Retrieved December 30, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-158"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-158">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/29/us/the-2000-campaign-excerpt-from-mccain-s-speech-on-religious-conservatives.html">"Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415031602/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/29/us/the-2000-campaign-excerpt-from-mccain-s-speech-on-religious-conservatives.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 29, 2000). Retrieved December 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-159"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-159">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rothernberg, Stuart. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/rothenberg/2000/03/01/">"Stuart Rothernberg: Bush Roars Back; McCain's Hopes Dim"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311071908/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/rothenberg/2000/03/01/">Archived</a> March 11, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (March 1, 2000). Retrieved December 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-160"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-160">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCaleb, Ian Christopher. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130810022900/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/08/super.tuesday/index.html">"Gore, Bush post impressive Super Tuesday victories"</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (March 8, 2000). Retrieved December 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCaleb, Ian Christopher. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/09/mccain.bradley/">"Bradley, McCain bow out of party races"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080125114418/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/09/mccain.bradley/">Archived</a> January 25, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (March 9, 2000). Retrieved December 30, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-162"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-162">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marks, Peter. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/14/weekinreview/may-7-13-a-ringing-endorsement-for-bush.html">"A Ringing Endorsement for Bush"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160826214805/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/14/weekinreview/may-7-13-a-ringing-endorsement-for-bush.html">Archived</a> August 26, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (May 14, 2000). Retrieved March 1, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-az-gwb-163"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-gwb_163-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nowicki, Dan and Muller, Bill. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter11.html">"John McCain Report: The 'maverick' and President Bush"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210308050638/https://azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter11.html">Archived</a> March 8, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i> (March 1, 2007). Retrieved December 27, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pfspt-164"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pfspt_164-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pfspt_164-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pfspt_164-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Holan, Angie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/14/">"McCain switched on tax cuts"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012163246/http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/14/">Archived</a> October 12, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Politifact, <i><a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg Times">St. Petersburg Times</a></i>. Retrieved December 27, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-time071608-165"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-time071608_165-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-time071608_165-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carney, James. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080717145605/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1823695,00.html">"Frenemies: The McCain-Bush Dance"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> (July 16, 2008). Retrieved August 11, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-166"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-166">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Drew, <i>Citizen McCain</i>, 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-167"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-167">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Edsall" title="Thomas B. Edsall">Edsall, Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Milbank" title="Dana Milbank">Milbank, Dana</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080308075310/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73520465.html?dids=73520465:73520465&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+2%2C+2001&author=Thomas+B.+Edsall+and+Dana+Milbank&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=A.01&desc=McCain+Is+Considering+Leaving+GOP">"McCain Is Considering Leaving GOP: Arizona Senator Might Launch a Third-Party Challenge to Bush in 2004"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (June 2, 2001). Retrieved May 10, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hill032807-168"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hill032807_168-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cusack, Bob. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html">"Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080120110110/http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html">Archived</a> January 20, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i> (March 28, 2007). Retrieved January 17, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-169"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-169">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kirkpatrick, David D. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/us/politics/21mccain.html">"After 2000 Run, McCain Learned to Work Levers of Power"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170330000100/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/us/politics/21mccain.html">Archived</a> March 30, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (July 21, 2008). Retrieved August 11, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001375">"No Substitute for Victory: War is hell. Let's get on with it"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080424022332/http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001375">Archived</a> April 24, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (October 26, 2001). Retrieved January 17, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-171"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-171">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/07/911.legislation/index.html">"Senate bill would implement 9/11 panel proposals"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080325020405/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/07/911.legislation/index.html">Archived</a> March 25, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (September 8, 2004). Retrieved January 17, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-172"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-172">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/terrorism-july-dec01-congress_10-12/">"Senate Approves Aviation Security, Anti-Terrorism Bills"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160407100943/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/terrorism-july-dec01-congress_10-12/">Archived</a> April 7, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_NewsHour_with_Jim_Lehrer" class="mw-redirect" title="The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer">Online NewsHour</a>, <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> (October 12, 2001). Retrieved January 17, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-173"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-173">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alexander, <i>Man of the People</i>, p. 168</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-174"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-174">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070212233445/http://mccain.senate.gov/press_office/view_article.cfm?id=53">"Sen. McCain's Interview With Chris Matthews"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hardball_with_Chris_Matthews" title="Hardball with Chris Matthews">Hardball with Chris Matthews</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> (March 12, 2003). Via McCain's Senate website and archive.org. Retrieved April 7, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-175"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-175">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/mccain_11-06_a.html">"Newsmaker: Sen. McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140119023447/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/mccain_11-06_a.html">Archived</a> January 19, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_NewsHour_with_Jim_Lehrer" class="mw-redirect" title="The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer">NewsHour</a> (November 6, 2003). Retrieved January 17, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-az-estab-176"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-az-estab_176-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-estab_176-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-estab_176-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-az-estab_176-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nowicki, Dan and Muller, Bill. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter12.html">"John McCain Report: The 'maverick' goes establishment"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080724130605/http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter12.html">Archived</a> July 24, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i> (March 1, 2007). Retrieved December 23, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-177"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-177">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pewclimate.org/policy_center/analyses/s_139_summary.cfm">"Summary of the Lieberman-McCain Climate Stewardship Act"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080411180537/http://www.pewclimate.org/policy_center/analyses/s_139_summary.cfm">Archived</a> April 11, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Center on Global Climate Change</a>. Retrieved April 24, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-178"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-178">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lieberman.senate.gov/index.cfm/news-events/news/2007/1/lieberman-mccain-reintroduce-climate-stewardship-and-innovation-act">"Lieberman, McCain Reintroduce Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120322173016/http://lieberman.senate.gov/index.cfm/news-events/news/2007/1/lieberman-mccain-reintroduce-climate-stewardship-and-innovation-act">Archived</a> March 22, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Lieberman Senate website (January 12, 2007). Retrieved April 24, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-179"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-179">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-10-mccain-vp_x.htm">"McCain: I'd 'entertain' Democratic VP slot"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120315153420/http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-03-10-mccain-vp_x.htm">Archived</a> March 15, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> (March 10, 2004). Retrieved May 6, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt061204-180"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt061204_180-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt061204_180-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Halbfinger, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090411021604/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/politics/campaign/12MCCA.html">"McCain Is Said To Tell Kerry He Won't Join"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (June 12, 2004). Retrieved January 3, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wapo061204-181"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wapo061204_181-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wapo061204_181-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Balz, Dan and VandeHei, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34742-2004Jun11.html">"McCain's Resistance Doesn't Stop Talk of Kerry Dream Ticket"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170210103754/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34742-2004Jun11.html">Archived</a> February 10, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (June 12, 2004). Retrieved January 18, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-182"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-182">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5225039">"Kerry wants to boost child-care credit"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> (June 16, 2004). Retrieved March 8, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cnn083004-183"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cnn083004_183-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cnn083004_183-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Loughlin, Sean. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/gop.mccain/index.html">"McCain praises Bush as 'tested'"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071224043125/http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/30/gop.mccain/index.html">Archived</a> December 24, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (August 30, 2004). Retrieved November 14, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-184"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-184">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coile, Zachary. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/06/MNGUT83SS41.DTL">"Vets group attacks Kerry; McCain defends Democrat"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120328140333/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F08%2F06%2FMNGUT83SS41.DTL">Archived</a> March 28, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> (August 6, 2004). Retrieved August 15, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-185"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-185">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/AZ/S/01/epolls.0.html">"Election 2004: U.S. Senate – Arizona – Exit Poll"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080121165231/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/AZ/S/01/epolls.0.html">Archived</a> January 21, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>. Retrieved December 23, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-186"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-186">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/23/filibuster.fight/">"Senators compromise on filibusters; Bipartisan group agrees to vote to end debate on three nominees"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071223065612/http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/23/filibuster.fight/">Archived</a> December 23, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (May 24, 2005). Retrieved March 16, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-187"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-187">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hulse, Carl. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/politics/25judges.html">"Distrust of McCain Lingers Over '05 Deal on Judges"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161130040007/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/politics/25judges.html">Archived</a> November 30, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 25, 2008). Retrieved March 16, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-188"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-188">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Preston, Julia. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/washington/10oppose.html">"Grass Roots Roared and Immigration Plan Collapsed"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415031750/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/washington/10oppose.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (July 10, 2007). Retrieved July 27, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-189"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-189">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/why_the_senate_immigration_bill_failed">"Why the Senate Immigration Bill Failed"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071104012751/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/why_the_senate_immigration_bill_failed">Archived</a> November 4, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a> (June 8, 2007). Retrieved May 10, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-190"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-190">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schmidt, Susan; Grimaldi, James. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062200921.html">"Panel Says Abramoff Laundered Tribal Funds; McCain Cites Possible Fraud by Lobbyist"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170923155417/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/22/AR2005062200921.html">Archived</a> September 23, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (June 23, 2005). Retrieved May 10, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-191"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-191">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anderson, John. <i>Follow the Money</i> (Simon and Schuster 2007), p. 254. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-8643-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-8643-X">0-7432-8643-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-192"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-192">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Butterfield, Fox. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/national/08gamble.html">Indians' Wish List: Big-City Sites for Casinos</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150429074830/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/national/08gamble.html">Archived</a> April 29, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (April 8, 2005).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-193"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-193">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrick2008" class="citation news cs1">Frick, Ali (June 25, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thinkprogress.org/in-2005-mccain-said-even-the-scum-of-humanity-deserve-to-have-some-adjudication-of-their-cases-60ffb21e4122/">"In 2005, McCain Said Even The 'Scum Of Humanity' Deserve To Have 'Some Adjudication Of Their Cases'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>ThinkProgress</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000234/https://thinkprogress.org/in-2005-mccain-said-even-the-scum-of-humanity-deserve-to-have-some-adjudication-of-their-cases-60ffb21e4122/">Archived</a> from the original on August 29, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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No. 1977)"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180212124109/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00249">Archived</a> February 12, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> (October 5, 2005). Retrieved August 15, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-195"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-195">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/senate.detainees/index.html">"Senate ignores veto threat in limiting detainee treatment"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080313052438/http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/senate.detainees/index.html">Archived</a> March 13, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (October 6, 2005). Retrieved January 2, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-196"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-196">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/15/torture.bill/">"McCain, Bush agree on torture ban"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210124022622/http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/15/torture.bill/">Archived</a> January 24, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (December 15, 2005). Retrieved August 16, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-197"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-197">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Calabresi, Massimo and Bacon Jr., Perry. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060424234843/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1184028,00.html">"America's 10 Best Senators"</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060706071424/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183947,00.html">"John McCain: The Mainstreamer"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> (April 16, 2006). Retrieved August 14, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eggen-198"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eggen_198-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eggen_198-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eggen, Dan and Shear, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021503318.html">"Vote Against Waterboarding Bill Called Consistent"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170909143838/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021503318.html">Archived</a> September 9, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (February 16, 2008): "[T]he aide said, there are noncoercive interrogation techniques not used by the Army that could be useful to the CIA." 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Ricks (journalist)">Ricks, Thomas</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Fiasco:_The_American_Military_Adventure_in_Iraq" title="Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq">Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq</a></i> p. 412 (Penguin Press 2006). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59420-103-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-59420-103-X">1-59420-103-X</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-200"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-200">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Baldor, Lolita C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.azcentral.com/news/election/special3/articles/0112USIraq12-ON.html?&wired">"McCain Defends Bush's Iraq strategy"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415035335/http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/special3/articles/0112USIraq12-ON.html?&wired">Archived</a> April 15, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a></i> (January 12, 2007). 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Retrieved January 18, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-time012308-202"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-time012308_202-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carney, James. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080127124929/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706450-3,00.html">"The Resurrection of John McCain"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> (January 23, 2008). Retrieved February 1, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-203"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-203">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Crawford, Jamie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/28/iraq-wont-change-mccain/">"Iraq won't change McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719204152/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/28/iraq-wont-change-mccain/">Archived</a> July 19, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (July 28, 2007). Retrieved January 18, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-204"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-204">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/16/mccain.iraq/index.html">"McCain arrives in Baghdad"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080320203216/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/16/mccain.iraq/index.html">Archived</a> March 20, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (March 16, 2008). 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Retrieved May 15, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-announce-206"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-announce_206-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/pdf/4-25-2007-mccain-announcement.doc">"Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Senator McCain's Announcement Speech"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120307125849/http://www.usatoday.com//news//pdf//4-25-2007-mccain-announcement.doc">Archived</a> March 7, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> (April 25, 2007). Retrieved May 18, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wapo021206-207"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wapo021206_207-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Balz, Dan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021101374.html">"For Possible '08 Run, McCain Is Courting Bush Loyalists"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170401041314/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021101374.html">Archived</a> April 1, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (February 12, 2006). Retrieved August 15, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-208"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-208">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birnbaum, Jeffrey and Solomon, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/12/30/ST2007123002933.html">"McCain's Unlikely Ties to K Street"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170914165018/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/12/30/ST2007123002933.html">Archived</a> September 14, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (December 31, 2007). Retrieved January 3, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-209"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-209">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kirkpatrick, David D. and Pilhofer, Aron. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/us/politics/15donate.html">"McCain Lags in Income, but Excels in Spending"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415031844/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/us/politics/15donate.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (April 15, 2007). 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Retrieved August 11, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-241"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-241">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Birnbaum, Jeffrey and Solomon, John. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012403383.html">"Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190527163327/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012403383.html">Archived</a> May 27, 2019, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (January 25, 2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-242"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-242">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Carter, Sara. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.circa.com/story/2017/09/22/politics/grassley-asks-fbi-if-the-trump-campaign-was-warned-about-possible-russian-infiltrators-but-gets-backlash-from-mccain-camp">"Grassley gets backlash from McCain camp after asking FBI if Trump's campaign was warned about Russia"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171107024448/https://www.circa.com/story/2017/09/22/politics/grassley-asks-fbi-if-the-trump-campaign-was-warned-about-possible-russian-infiltrators-but-gets-backlash-from-mccain-camp">Archived</a> November 7, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Circa_News" title="Circa News">Circa News</a></i> (September 22, 2017).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-243"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-243">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">King, John and Raju, Manu. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/chuck-grassley-fbi-letter/index.html">"Grassley asks FBI if it warned Trump about Manafort"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201207010031/https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/politics/chuck-grassley-fbi-letter/index.html">Archived</a> December 7, 2020, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (September 22, 2017).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-244"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-244">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ames, Mark and Berman, Ari. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/">"McCain's Kremlin Ties"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200115055932/https://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/">Archived</a> January 15, 2020, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation" title="The Nation">The Nation</a></i> (October 1, 2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-245"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-245">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html">"General Election: McCain vs. Obama"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090217083055/http://www.realclearpolitics.com//epolls//2008//president//us//general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html">Archived</a> February 17, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_Clear_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Clear Politics">Real Clear Politics</a>. 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Retrieved August 11, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-247"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-247">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wayne, Leslie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/us/politics/16mccain.html">"McCain Raised $27 Million in July"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112832/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/us/politics/16mccain.html">Archived</a> November 7, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (August 15, 2008). 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Retrieved September 27, 2008. "In truth, McCain's dramatic announcement Wednesday that he would suspend his campaign and come to Washington for the bailout talks had wide repercussions."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-260"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-260">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stolberg, Cheryl Gay and Bumiller, Elisabeth. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/us/politics/27mccain.html">"A Balancing Act as McCain Faces a Divided Party and a Skeptical Public"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000653/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/us/politics/27mccain.html">Archived</a> September 29, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (September 26, 2008). Retrieved September 27, 2008. "His greatest contribution," Mr. Bachus said, "was returning to Washington and standing up for Republicans who were refusing to be stampeded."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-261"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-261">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=723483">"McCain To Attend Debate, Resume Campaign"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080927205109/http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=723483">Archived</a> September 27, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, RTTNews (September 26, 2008). Retrieved September 26, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-262"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-262">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ny1.com/archives/nyc/all-boroughs/2008/10/02/senate-passes-economic-rescue-package-NYC_86538.old.html">"Senate Passes Economic Rescue Package"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160401080451/http://www.ny1.com/archives/nyc/all-boroughs/2008/10/02/senate-passes-economic-rescue-package-NYC_86538.old.html">Archived</a> April 1, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/NY1_News" class="mw-redirect" title="NY1 News">NY1 News</a> (October 2, 2008). 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Retrieved August 11, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-265"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-265">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rutenberg, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18ads.html">"Nearing Record, Obama's Ad Effort Swamps McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170731143440/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18ads.html">Archived</a> July 31, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (October 17, 2008). Retrieved December 30, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-266"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-266">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Drogin, Bob and Barabak, Mark Z. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081203122443/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-campaign19-2008oct19%2C0%2C6341003.story">"McCain Says Obama Wants Socialism"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> (October 18, 2008). Retrieved December 31, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-267"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-267">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Bumiller" title="Elisabeth Bumiller">Bumiller, Elisabeth</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31mccain.html">"In Ohio, McCain Is Everywhere Even if Joe the Plumber Isn't"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160415032138/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31mccain.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (October 30, 2008). Retrieved December 31, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-268"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-268">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, Ben. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/McCain_pollster_Wright_wouldnt_have_worked.html">"McCain pollster: Wright wouldn't have worked"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081214202840/http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/McCain_pollster_Wright_wouldnt_have_worked.html">Archived</a> December 14, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> (December 11, 2008). Retrieved December 30, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-269"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-269">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson, Alex. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27343688">"McCain hammers Obama on Ayers ties"</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> (October 23, 2008). Retrieved January 1, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reut-back-270"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-reut-back_270-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-reut-back_270-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-campaign-treason-idUSBRE84616T20120507">"Romney backer sees treason, Obama's campaign cries foul"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163835/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/us-usa-campaign-treason-idUSBRE84616T20120507">Archived</a> September 24, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> (May 7, 2012).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-huffpo-no-271"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-huffpo-no_271-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-huffpo-no_271-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-uptake/mccain-responds-to-arab-a_b_133820.html">"McCain Responds to 'Arab' Epithet at Rally: 'Obama a Decent Family Man'"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180915144930/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-uptake/mccain-responds-to-arab-a_b_133820.html">Archived</a> September 15, 2018, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/HuffPost" title="HuffPost">HuffPost</a></i> (October 10, 2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-272"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-272">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/1/quinnell-where-are-they-now-gayle-quinnell/">"Where Are They Now?: Gayle Quinnell"</a>. <i>The Washington Times</i>. October 1, 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071848/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/1/quinnell-where-are-they-now-gayle-quinnell/">Archived</a> from the original on February 11, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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CNN. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180210174224/https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/politics/mccain-gray-zone-cnntv/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on February 10, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 10,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Meghan+McCain+sees+%27a+lot+of+gray%27+with+Trump+voters+and+their+views&rft.date=2018-02-10&rft.aulast=King&rft.aufirst=Alexandra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F02%2F10%2Fpolitics%2Fmccain-gray-zone-cnntv%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cnn-conc-275"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cnn-conc_275-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cnn-conc_275-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/mccain.transcript/">"Transcript: McCain concedes presidency"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101110133628/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/mccain.transcript/">Archived</a> November 10, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (November 4, 2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-276"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-276">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/politics/04text-mccain.html">"McCain's Concession Speech"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. November 5, 2008. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230313061430/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/politics/04text-mccain.html">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=McCain%27s+Concession+Speech&rft.date=2008-11-05&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F11%2F04%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2F04text-mccain.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+McCain" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-277"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-277">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Franke-Ruta, Garance. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/19/mccain_takes_missouri.html">"McCain Takes Missouri"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151023022914/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/11/mccain-takes-missouri.html">Archived</a> October 23, 2015, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (November 19, 2008). Retrieved November 19, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cnn-2008-pres-results-278"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cnn-2008-pres-results_278-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cnn-2008-pres-results_278-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/">"President – Election Center 2008"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081212014309/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/">Archived</a> December 12, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>. Retrieved November 19, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-279"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-279">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mooney, Alexander. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/mccain.future/index.html">"McCain may face bumpy shift from White House run"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081118214847/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/18/mccain.future/index.html">Archived</a> November 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (November 18, 2008). Retrieved November 21, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-280"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-280">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cillizza, Chris. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/mccains_next_step.html">"McCain's Next Step: Re-Election in 2010"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090708233419/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/11/mccains_next_step.html">Archived</a> July 8, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (November 19, 2008). Retrieved November 21, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-281"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-281">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kirkpatrick, David D. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/politics/19mccain.html">"Obama Reaches Out for McCain's Counsel"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170415202642/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/politics/19mccain.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (January 19, 2009). Retrieved January 20, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-282"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-282">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brune, Tom. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090712220416/http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/nation/ny-usanal2112376956jan21%2C0%2C3845582.story">"Obama speech strong but anti-climatic" (sic)</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Newsday" title="Newsday">Newsday</a></i> (January 20, 2009). Retrieved January 20, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-283"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-283">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hulse, Carl and Herszenhorn, David M. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/us/politics/07stimulus.html">"Senators Reach Deal on Stimulus Plan as Jobs Vanish"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170427173556/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/us/politics/07stimulus.html">Archived</a> April 27, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 6, 2009). Retrieved February 7, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-284"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-284">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_O%27Donnell" title="Kelly O'Donnell">O'Donnell, Kelly</a> and Montanaro, Domenico. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090805042848/http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/03/2018373.aspx">"McCain to vote against Sotomayor"</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> (August 3, 2009). Retrieved August 22, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-285"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-285">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Giroux, Greg. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090822120228/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003192795">"McCain: Maverick No More?"</a>, <a href="/wiki/CQ_Politics" class="mw-redirect" title="CQ Politics">CQ Politics</a> (August 19, 2009). Retrieved August 22, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-286"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-286">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCain, John and others. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203440104574404753110979442">"Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170824012052/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203440104574404753110979442">Archived</a> August 24, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (September 13, 2009). Retrieved November 17, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-time-voice-287"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-time-voice_287-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-time-voice_287-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-time-voice_287-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-time-voice_287-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Newton-Small, Jay. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091011095913/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1929092,00.html">"John McCain: Can He Mend Fences with the Right?"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> (October 8, 2009). Retrieved November 20, 2009. In print magazine as "Voice in the Wilderness", October 19, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pol111909-288"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pol111909_288-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pol111909_288-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lerer, Lisa. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29747.html">"John McCain slams 'horrendous' climate bill"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100726195404/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29747.html">Archived</a> July 26, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> (November 19, 2009). Retrieved November 20, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-289"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-289">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shane, Leo, III, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/don-t-ask-don-t-tell-reversal-measure-falters-in-senate-1.119042">"'Don't ask, don't tell' reversal measure falters in Senate"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100925074505/http://www.stripes.com/news/don-t-ask-don-t-tell-reversal-measure-falters-in-senate-1.119042">Archived</a> September 25, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)">Stars and Stripes</a></i>, September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt020910-290"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nyt020910_290-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nyt020910_290-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Steinhauer, Jennifer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/us/politics/09arizona.html">"From Right of Radio Dial, Challenge to McCain"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161010032045/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/us/politics/09arizona.html">Archived</a> October 10, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (February 9, 2010). 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In 2006, the economic ratings were 64 / 35, the social 46 / 53, and the foreign 58 / 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-406"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-406">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichael2013" class="citation book cs1">Michael, Barone (January 1, 2013). <i>Almanac of American politics 2014</i>. 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(identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-694-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-694-9">1-55750-694-9</a>.</li> <li>Schecter, Cliff. <i>The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't</i> (<a href="/wiki/PoliPoint_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="PoliPoint Press">PoliPoint Press</a>, Sausalito, California 2008). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9794822-9-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-9794822-9-1">0-9794822-9-1</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Timberg" title="Robert Timberg">Timberg, Robert</a>. <i>John McCain: An American Odyssey</i> (<a href="/wiki/Touchstone_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Touchstone Books">Touchstone Books</a>, New York 1999). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-86794-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-86794-X">0-684-86794-X</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/product-description/0684826739">Chapter 1</a> available online.</li> <li>Timberg, Robert. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightingale%27s_Song" title="The Nightingale's Song">The Nightingale's Song</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>, New York 1996). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-80301-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-80301-1">0-684-80301-1</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/timberg-mccain.html">Chapter 1</a> available online.</li> <li>Welch, 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">John Jacob Rhodes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Arizona01 !"><a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Arizona's 1st congressional district">Arizona's 1st congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1983–1987 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Jacob Rhodes III">John Jacob Rhodes III</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 3</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1986 United States Senate election in Arizona">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1992 United States Senate election in Arizona">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1998 United States Senate election in Arizona">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2004 United States Senate election in Arizona">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2010 United States Senate election in Arizona">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2016 United States Senate election in Arizona">2016</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Martha_McSally" title="Martha McSally">Martha McSally</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Molinari" title="Susan Molinari">Susan Molinari</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Keynote Speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_National_Convention" title="2000 Republican National Convention">2000</a> <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zell_Miller" title="Zell Miller">Zell Miller</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona"> U.S. senator (Class 3) from Arizona</a> </b><br />1987–2018 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">Dennis DeConcini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">Jon Kyl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">Jeff Flake</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">Jon Kyl</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Daniel Inouye</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">Senate Indian Affairs Committee</a> </b><br />1995–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Political<br />activities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_and_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(until_2000)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House and Senate career of John McCain (until 2000)">House and Senate career, until 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keating_Five" title="Keating Five">Keating Five scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Republican_Institute" title="International Republican Institute">International Republican Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2000_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2000 presidential campaign">2000 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_career_of_John_McCain_(2001%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate career of John McCain (2001–2014)">Senate career during 2001–2014</a></li> <li><a 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Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2008 presidential campaign">2008 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of John McCain 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Elections" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_John_McCain" title="Electoral history of John McCain">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>House elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections">1984</a></li></ul></li> <li>Senate elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1986 United States Senate election in Arizona">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1992 United States Senate election in Arizona">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="1998 United States Senate election in Arizona">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2004 United States Senate election in Arizona">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2010 United States Senate election in Arizona">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona" title="2016 United States Senate election in Arizona">2016</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 United States presidential election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain_lobbyist_controversy" title="John McCain lobbyist controversy">lobbyist controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2008 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection">running-mate selection</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Books_authored" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books authored</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers" title="Faith of My Fathers">Faith of My Fathers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Worth_the_Fighting_For" title="Worth the Fighting For">Worth the Fighting For</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Courage_Matters" title="Why Courage Matters">Why Courage Matters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Character_Is_Destiny" title="Character Is Destiny">Character Is Destiny</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hard_Call" title="Hard Call">Hard Call</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Soldiers" title="Thirteen Soldiers">Thirteen Soldiers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Restless_Wave_(book)" title="The Restless Wave (book)">The Restless Wave</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nightingale%27s_Song" title="The Nightingale's Song">The Nightingale's Song</a></i> (1995 book)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers_(film)" title="Faith of My Fathers (film)">Faith of My Fathers</a></i> (2005 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Dad,_John_McCain" title="My Dad, John McCain">My Dad, John McCain</a></i> (2008 book)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Change_(film)" title="Change (film)">Change</a></i> (2010 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Game_Change_(film)" title="Game Change (film)">Game Change</a></i> (2012 film)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/McCain_family" title="McCain family">McCain family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_McCain" title="Cindy McCain">Cindy McCain</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_McCain" title="Carol McCain">Carol McCain</a> (first wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghan_McCain" title="Meghan McCain">Meghan McCain</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Jr." 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McCain Jr.">John S. McCain Jr.</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_McCain" title="Roberta McCain">Roberta McCain</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McCain" title="Joe McCain">Joe McCain</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._McCain_Sr." title="John S. McCain Sr.">John S. 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Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_Henderson_Oury" class="mw-redirect" title="Granville Henderson Oury">Oury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Coe_Bean" title="Curtis Coe Bean">Bean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_A._Smith" title="Marcus A. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakes_Murphy" title="Oakes Murphy">Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_A._Smith" title="Marcus A. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frank_Wilson" title="John Frank Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_A._Smith" title="Marcus A. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frank_Wilson" title="John Frank Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_A._Smith" title="Marcus A. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_H._Cameron" title="Ralph H. Cameron">Cameron</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arizona.svg/100px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arizona.svg/150px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arizona.svg/200px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One <a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Arizona's at-large congressional district">at-large</a> seat (1912–1943)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hayden" title="Carl Hayden">Hayden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Williams_Douglas" title="Lewis Williams Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabella_Greenway" title="Isabella Greenway">Greenway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Murdock_(politician)" title="John R. Murdock (politician)">Murdock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Two at-large seats (1943–1949)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Murdock_(politician)" title="John R. Murdock (politician)">Murdock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Harless" title="Richard F. Harless">Harless</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts (1949–present)<br /><i>(3rd district established in 1963)</i><br /><i>(4th district established in 1973)</i><br /><i>(5th district established in 1983)</i><br /><i>(6th district established in 1993)</i><br /><i>(7th and 8th districts established in 2003)</i><br /><i>(9th district established in 2013)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Arizona's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Murdock_(politician)" title="John R. Murdock (politician)">Murdock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">Rhodes Jr.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Jacob Rhodes III">Rhodes III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Coppersmith" title="Sam Coppersmith">Coppersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">Salmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">Flake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Renzi" title="Rick Renzi">Renzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">Gosar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">Kirkpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran" title="Tom O'Halleran">O'Halleran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">Schweikert</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arizona%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Arizona's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Patten" title="Harold Patten">Patten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Udall" title="Stewart Udall">S. 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Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Hayden" title="Carl Hayden">Hayden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Goldwater</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">Kyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_McSally" title="Martha McSally">McSally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kelly" title="Mark Kelly">Kelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background:#default;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Senate_Indian_Affairs_chairs" title="Template:US Senate Indian Affairs chairs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Senate_Indian_Affairs_chairs" title="Template talk:US Senate Indian Affairs chairs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Senate_Indian_Affairs_chairs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Senate Indian Affairs chairs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chairs of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs">United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Full Committee<br />(1820–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Holmes_(politician)" title="David Holmes (politician)">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Johnson_(Louisiana_politician)" title="Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(politician)" title="Thomas Hart Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_White" title="Hugh Lawson White">H. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Troup" title="George Troup">Troup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_White" title="Hugh Lawson White">H. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Hundley_Sevier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Hundley Sevier">Sevier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_T._Morehead_(Kentucky_politician)" title="James T. Morehead (Kentucky politician)">Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Smith_White" title="Albert Smith White">A. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Hundley_Sevier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Hundley Sevier">Sevier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_P._Bagby" title="Arthur P. Bagby">Bagby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison" title="David Rice Atchison">Atchison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_K._Sebastian" title="William K. Sebastian">Sebastian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Doolittle" title="James R. Doolittle">Doolittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Henderson" title="John B. Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harlan_(Iowa_politician)" title="James Harlan (Iowa politician)">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Buckingham" title="William A. Buckingham">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Allison" title="William B. Allison">Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Coke" title="Richard Coke">Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Dawes" title="Henry L. Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_K._Jones" title="James K. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Pettigrew" title="Richard F. Pettigrew">Pettigrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Thurston" title="John M. Thurston">Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Stewart" title="William M. Stewart">Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_E._Clapp" title="Moses E. Clapp">Clapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Gamble" title="Robert J. Gamble">Gamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Stone" title="William J. Stone">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_F._Ashurst" title="Henry F. Ashurst">Ashurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selden_P._Spencer" title="Selden P. Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Harreld" title="John W. Harreld">Harreld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Frazier" title="Lynn Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_K._Wheeler" title="Burton K. Wheeler">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Thomas" title="Elmer Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._O%27Mahoney" title="Joseph C. O'Mahoney">O'Mahoney</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States Senate"><img alt="Seal of the United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Select Committee<br />(1977–1993)</th><td 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href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Inouye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell" title="Ben Nighthorse Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Inouye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell" title="Ben Nighthorse Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Dorgan" title="Byron Dorgan">Dorgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Akaka" title="Daniel Akaka">Akaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Cantwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">Tester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">Barrasso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hoeven" title="John Hoeven">Hoeven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Schatz" title="Brian Schatz">Schatz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce<br />(1825–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Lloyd_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="James Lloyd (Massachusetts politician)">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_S._Johnston" title="Josiah S. Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Woodbury" title="Levi Woodbury">Woodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Forsyth_(politician)" title="John Forsyth (politician)">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Silsbee" title="Nathaniel Silsbee">Silsbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Henry_Goldsborough" title="Robert Henry Goldsborough">Goldsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)" title="John Davis (Massachusetts governor)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabez_W._Huntington" title="Jabez W. Huntington">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Haywood_Jr." title="William Henry Haywood Jr.">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Dix" title="John Adams Dix">Dix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Dodge" title="Henry Dodge">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Claiborne_Clay" title="Clement Claiborne Clay">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachariah_Chandler" title="Zachariah Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling" title="Roscoe Conkling">Conkling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Gordon" title="John B. Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_W._Ransom" title="Matt W. Ransom">Ransom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._R._McMillan" title="Samuel J. R. McMillan">McMillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Frye" title="William P. Frye">Frye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_W._Ransom" title="Matt W. Ransom">Ransom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Frye" title="William P. Frye">Frye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knute_Nelson" title="Knute Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_P._Clarke" title="James P. Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_U._Fletcher" title="Duncan U. Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_L._Jones" title="Wesley L. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Johnson" title="Hiram Johnson">H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_D._Stephens" title="Hubert D. Stephens">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_S._Copeland" title="Royal S. Copeland">Copeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Bailey" title="Josiah Bailey">Bailey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Interstate Commerce<br />(1887–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_M._Cullom" title="Shelby M. Cullom">Cullom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Butler" title="Matthew Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_M._Cullom" title="Shelby M. Cullom">Cullom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_B._Elkins" title="Stephen B. Elkins">Elkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_E._Clapp" title="Moses E. Clapp">Clapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_G._Newlands" title="Francis G. Newlands">Newlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellison_D._Smith" title="Ellison D. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_B._Cummins" title="Albert B. Cummins">Cummins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellison_D._Smith" title="Ellison D. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Watson" title="James E. Watson">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Couzens" title="James Couzens">Couzens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Dill" title="Clarence Dill">Dill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_K._Wheeler" title="Burton K. Wheeler">Wheeler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Commerce<br />(1947–1977)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_H._White" title="Wallace H. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_C._Johnson" title="Edwin C. Johnson">E. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Tobey" title="Charles W. Tobey">Tobey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Bricker" title="John W. Bricker">Bricker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Magnuson" title="Warren Magnuson">Magnuson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commerce, Science, and Transportation<br />(1977–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Magnuson" title="Warren Magnuson">Magnuson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cannon" title="Howard Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Packwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Danforth" title="John Danforth">Danforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Hollings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Pressler" title="Larry Pressler">Pressler</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Hollings</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Hollings" title="Fritz Hollings">Hollings</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Inouye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Rockefeller" title="Jay Rockefeller">Rockefeller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thune" title="John Thune">Thune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wicker" title="Roger Wicker">Wicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Cantwell" title="Maria Cantwell">Cantwell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chairmen_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Senate_Armed_Services_chairs" title="Template:US Senate Armed Services chairs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Senate_Armed_Services_chairs" title="Template talk:US Senate Armed Services chairs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Senate_Armed_Services_chairs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Senate Armed Services chairs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chairmen_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chairmen of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">United States Senate Committee on Armed Services</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Military Affairs Committee <br /> (1816–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Williams_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Williams (Tennessee politician)">J. 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Crittenden">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(politician)" title="Thomas Hart Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(politician)" title="Thomas Hart Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(politician,_born_1806)" title="James Shields (politician, born 1806)">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Weller" title="John B. Weller">Weller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ward_Johnson" title="Robert Ward Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_E._Spencer" title="George E. Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_F._Randolph" title="Theodore F. Randolph">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Sewell" title="William J. Sewell">Sewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Hawley" title="Joseph R. Hawley">Hawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Walthall" title="Edward C. Walthall">Walthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Hawley" title="Joseph R. Hawley">Hawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redfield_Proctor" title="Redfield Proctor">Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Warren" title="Francis E. Warren">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._du_Pont" title="Henry A. du Pont">du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Johnston" title="Joseph F. Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_E._Chamberlain" title="George E. Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Wadsworth_Jr." title="James W. Wadsworth Jr.">Wadsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Reed" title="David A. Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Sheppard" title="Morris Sheppard">Sheppard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_R._Reynolds" title="Robert R. Reynolds">Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_D._Thomas" title="Elbert D. 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Hayne">Hayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_M._Dallas" title="George M. Dallas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Southard" title="Samuel L. Southard">Southard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cabell_Rives" title="William Cabell Rives">Rives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuel_Williams" title="Reuel Williams">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_P._Mangum" title="Willie P. Mangum">Mangum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Bayard" title="Richard H. Bayard">Bayard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fairfield" title="John Fairfield">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Levy_Yulee" title="David Levy Yulee">Yulee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Gwin" title="William M. Gwin">Gwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mallory" title="Stephen Mallory">Mallory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Hale" title="John P. Hale">J. Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Grimes" title="James W. Grimes">Grimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_H._Cragin" title="Aaron H. Cragin">Cragin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_A._Sargent" title="Aaron A. Sargent">Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._McPherson" title="John R. McPherson">McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._McPherson" title="John R. McPherson">McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Hale" title="Eugene Hale">E. Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_C._Perkins" title="George C. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Tillman" title="Benjamin Tillman">Tillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Swanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_S._Page" title="Carroll S. Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hale_(U.S._senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Hale (U.S. senator)">F. Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Trammell" title="Park Trammell">Trammell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_I._Walsh" title="David I. Walsh">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armed Services Committee <br />(1947–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chan_Gurney" title="Chan Gurney">Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millard_Tydings" title="Millard Tydings">Tydings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_Jr." title="Richard Russell Jr.">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leverett_Saltonstall" title="Leverett Saltonstall">Saltonstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Russell_Jr." title="Richard Russell Jr.">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis" title="John C. Stennis">Stennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tower" title="John Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Goldwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Nunn" title="Sam Nunn">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strom_Thurmond" title="Strom Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warner" title="John Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Levin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Inhofe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)">Reed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Republican_Party" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFB6B6;;background:#E81B23; color:white"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Template:Republican Party (United States)"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Template talk:Republican Party (United States)"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Republican Party (United States)"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Republican_Party" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Republican Party</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#FFB6B6;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="History of the Republican Party (United States)">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States)" title="National Union Party (United States)">National Union Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Party_System" title="Third Party System">Third Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Party_System" title="Fourth Party System">Fourth Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Party_System" title="Fifth Party System">Fifth Party System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Party_System" title="Sixth Party System">Sixth Party System</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Republican_Party_presidential_tickets" title="List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets">Presidential<br />tickets</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention">national<br />conventions</a>,<br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="List of Republican Party presidential primaries">presidential<br />primaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1856_Republican_National_Convention" title="1856 Republican National Convention">1856 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">Frémont</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_L._Dayton" title="William L. Dayton">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Republican_National_Convention" title="1860 Republican National Convention">1860 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hamlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_National_Union_National_Convention" title="1864 National Union National Convention">1864 (Baltimore)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a>/<a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Republican_National_Convention" title="1868 Republican National Convention">1868 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Colfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Republican_National_Convention" title="1872 Republican National Convention">1872 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a>/<a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Republican_National_Convention" title="1876 Republican National Convention">1876 (Cincinnati)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_A._Wheeler" title="William A. Wheeler">Wheeler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Republican_National_Convention" title="1880 Republican National Convention">1880 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">Garfield</a>/<a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Republican_National_Convention" title="1884 Republican National Convention">1884 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">Blaine</a>/<a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Republican_National_Convention" title="1888 Republican National Convention">1888 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a>/<a href="/wiki/Levi_P._Morton" title="Levi P. Morton">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Republican_National_Convention" title="1892 Republican National Convention">1892 (Minneapolis)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a>/<a href="/wiki/Whitelaw_Reid" title="Whitelaw Reid">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Republican_National_Convention" title="1896 Republican National Convention">1896 (Saint Louis)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Garret_Hobart" title="Garret Hobart">Hobart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Republican_National_Convention" title="1900 Republican National Convention">1900 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a>/<a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Republican_National_Convention" title="1904 Republican National Convention">1904 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Fairbanks" title="Charles W. Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Republican_National_Convention" title="1908 Republican National Convention">1908 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_S._Sherman" title="James S. Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Republican_National_Convention" title="1912 Republican National Convention">1912 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a>/<a href="/wiki/James_S._Sherman" title="James S. Sherman">Sherman</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Murray_Butler" title="Nicholas Murray Butler">Butler</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1912_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1912 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Republican_National_Convention" title="1916 Republican National Convention">1916 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Evans_Hughes" title="Charles Evans Hughes">Hughes</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Fairbanks" title="Charles W. Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1916_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1916 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Republican_National_Convention" title="1920 Republican National Convention">1920 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Harding</a>/<a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1920 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Republican_National_Convention" title="1924 Republican National Convention">1924 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_G._Dawes" title="Charles G. Dawes">Dawes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1924 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Republican_National_Convention" title="1928 Republican National Convention">1928 (Kansas City)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1928_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1928 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Republican_National_Convention" title="1932 Republican National Convention">1932 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_Curtis" title="Charles Curtis">Curtis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1932_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1932 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Republican_National_Convention" title="1936 Republican National Convention">1936 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alf_Landon" title="Alf Landon">Landon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Knox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1936 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Republican_National_Convention" title="1940 Republican National Convention">1940 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Willkie</a>/<a href="/wiki/Charles_L._McNary" title="Charles L. McNary">McNary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1940 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Republican_National_Convention" title="1944 Republican National Convention">1944 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Dewey</a>/<a href="/wiki/John_W._Bricker" title="John W. Bricker">Bricker</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1944_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1944 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Republican_National_Convention" title="1948 Republican National Convention">1948 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Dewey</a>/<a href="/wiki/Earl_Warren" title="Earl Warren">Warren</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1948_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1948 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Republican_National_Convention" title="1952 Republican National Convention">1952 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a>/<a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1952 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Republican_National_Convention" title="1956 Republican National Convention">1956 (San Francisco)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a>/<a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1956 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Republican_National_Convention" title="1960 Republican National Convention">1960 (Chicago)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge_Jr." title="Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.">Lodge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1960 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Republican_National_Convention" title="1964 Republican National Convention">1964 (San Francisco)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Goldwater</a>/<a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">Miller</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1964_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1964 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Republican_National_Convention" title="1968 Republican National Convention">1968 (Miami Beach)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Agnew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1968 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Republican_National_Convention" title="1972 Republican National Convention">1972 (Miami Beach)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>/<a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" title="Spiro Agnew">Agnew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1972 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" title="1976 Republican National Convention">1976 (Kansas City)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1976 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_National_Convention" title="1980 Republican National Convention">1980 (Detroit)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a>/<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1980 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Republican_National_Convention" title="1984 Republican National Convention">1984 (Dallas)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a>/<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1984 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_National_Convention" title="1988 Republican National Convention">1988 (New Orleans)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Quayle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1988 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Republican_National_Convention" title="1992 Republican National Convention">1992 (Houston)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dan_Quayle" title="Dan Quayle">Quayle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1992 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_National_Convention" title="1996 Republican National Convention">1996 (San Diego)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a>/<a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Kemp</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1996 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_National_Convention" title="2000 Republican National Convention">2000 (Philadelphia)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Republican_National_Convention" title="2004 Republican National Convention">2004 (New York)</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Cheney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2004 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">2008 (St. Paul)</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Palin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">2012 (Tampa)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Romney</a>/<a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Ryan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">2016 (Cleveland)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Pence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_National_Convention" title="2020 Republican National Convention">2020 (Charlotte/other locations)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Pence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">2024 (Milwaukee)</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a>/<a href="/wiki/JD_Vance" title="JD Vance">Vance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2028_Republican_National_Convention" title="2028 Republican National Convention">2028 (Houston)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of presidents of the United States">Presidential</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Administration_(government)" title="Administration (government)">administrations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Presidency of Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a> (1861–1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Andrew_Johnson" title="Presidency of Andrew Johnson">Johnson</a> (1865–1868)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a> (1869–1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a> (1877–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">Garfield</a> (1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Chester_A._Arthur" title="Presidency of Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a> (1881–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Benjamin_Harrison" title="Presidency of Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a> (1889–1893)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_William_McKinley" title="Presidency of William McKinley">McKinley</a> (1897–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a> (1901–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_William_Howard_Taft" title="Presidency of William Howard Taft">Taft</a> (1909–1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Warren_G._Harding" title="Presidency of Warren G. Harding">Harding</a> (1921–1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Calvin_Coolidge" title="Presidency of Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a> (1923–1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Herbert_Hoover" title="Presidency of Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a> (1929–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a> (1953–1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Richard_Nixon" title="Presidency of Richard Nixon">Nixon</a> (1969–1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Gerald_Ford" title="Presidency of Gerald Ford">Ford</a> (1974–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a> (1981–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Presidency of George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a> (1989–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a> (2001–2009)</li> <li>Trump (<a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">2017–2021</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives">U.S. House<br />leaders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives">Speakers</a>,<br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Conference" title="House Republican Conference">Conference<br />chairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Pennington" title="William Pennington">Pennington</a> (1860–1861)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galusha_A._Grow" title="Galusha A. Grow">Grow</a> (1861–1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Colfax</a> (1863–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_M._Pomeroy" title="Theodore M. Pomeroy">Pomeroy</a> (1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">Blaine</a> (1869–1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._McCrary" title="George W. McCrary">McCrary</a> (1875–1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Hale" title="Eugene Hale">Hale</a> (1877–1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Frye" title="William P. Frye">Frye</a> (1879–1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Warren_Keifer" title="J. Warren Keifer">Keifer</a> (1881–1883)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Cannon</a> (1883–1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed" title="Thomas Brackett Reed">Reed</a> (1889–1891)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Henderson_(politician)" title="Thomas J. Henderson (politician)">T. J. Henderson</a> (1891–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed" title="Thomas Brackett Reed">Reed</a> (1895–1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Henderson" title="David B. Henderson">D. B. Henderson</a> (1899–1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon" title="Joseph Gurney Cannon">Cannon</a> (1903–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Robert_Mann_(Illinois_politician)" title="James Robert Mann (Illinois politician)">Mann</a> (1911–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_H._Gillett" title="Frederick H. Gillett">Gillett</a> (1919–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Longworth" title="Nicholas Longworth">Longworth</a> (1925–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Snell" title="Bertrand Snell">Snell</a> (1931–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Martin_Jr." title="Joseph W. Martin Jr.">Martin</a> (1939–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Halleck" title="Charles A. Halleck">Halleck</a> (1959–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a> (1965–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Rhodes" title="John Jacob Rhodes">Rhodes</a> (1973–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Michel" title="Robert H. Michel">Michel</a> (1981–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Gingrich</a> (1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Hastert" title="Dennis Hastert">Hastert</a> (1999–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">Boehner</a> (2007–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Ryan</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">McCarthy</a> (2019–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johnson" title="Mike Johnson">Johnson</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">RNC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Chairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jarvis_Raymond" title="Henry Jarvis Raymond">Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Lawrence_Ward" title="Marcus Lawrence Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Claflin" title="William Claflin">Claflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_D._Morgan" title="Edwin D. Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachariah_Chandler" title="Zachariah Chandler">Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Donald_Cameron" title="J. Donald Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Jewell" title="Marshall Jewell">Jewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_M._Sabin" title="Dwight M. Sabin">Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Jones_(industrialist)" title="Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Quay" title="Matthew Quay">Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_S._Clarkson" title="James S. Clarkson">Clarkson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Campbell" title="William James Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Carter" title="Thomas H. Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hanna" title="Mark Hanna">Hanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay_Payne" title="Henry Clay Payne">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Cortelyou" title="George B. Cortelyou">Cortelyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._New" title="Harry S. New">New</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Harris_Hitchcock" title="Frank Harris Hitchcock">Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fremont_Hill" title="John Fremont Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Rosewater" title="Victor Rosewater">Rosewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_D._Hilles" title="Charles D. Hilles">Hilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Russell_Willcox" title="William Russell Willcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_H._Hays" title="Will H. Hays">Hays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Adams" title="John T. Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Butler" title="William M. Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Work" title="Hubert Work">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius_H._Huston" title="Claudius H. Huston">Huston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_D._Fess" title="Simeon D. Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Sanders" title="Everett Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_P._Fletcher" title="Henry P. Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_(Kansas_politician)" title="John Hamilton (Kansas politician)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Martin_Jr." title="Joseph W. Martin Jr.">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Walsh" title="Bailey Walsh">Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_E._Spangler" title="Harrison E. Spangler">Spangler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Brownell_Jr." title="Herbert Brownell Jr.">Brownell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Carroll_Reece" title="B. Carroll Reece">Reece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Scott" title="Hugh Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Gabrielson" title="Guy Gabrielson">Gabrielson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Summerfield" title="Arthur Summerfield">Summerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Wesley_Roberts" title="C. Wesley Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_W._Hall" title="Leonard W. Hall">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_Alcorn" title="Meade Alcorn">Alcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thruston_Ballard_Morton" title="Thruston Ballard Morton">T. Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Miller" title="William E. Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Burch" title="Dean Burch">Burch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_C._Bliss" title="Ray C. Bliss">Bliss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_Morton" title="Rogers Morton">R. Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Louise_Smith_(politician)" title="Mary Louise Smith (politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Brock" title="Bill Brock">Brock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Richards_(Utah_politician)" title="Richard Richards (Utah politician)">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Laxalt" title="Paul Laxalt">Laxalt</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahrenkopf" title="Frank Fahrenkopf">Fahrenkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Fahrenkopf" title="Frank Fahrenkopf">Fahrenkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Atwater" title="Lee Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Yeutter" title="Clayton Yeutter">Yeutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bond_(political_executive)" title="Richard Bond (political executive)">Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haley_Barbour" title="Haley Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Nicholson_(Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs)" title="Jim Nicholson (Secretary of Veterans Affairs)">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Racicot" title="Marc Racicot">Racicot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Mehlman" title="Ken Mehlman">Mehlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Mel Martínez">Martínez</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mike_Duncan" title="Mike Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Duncan" title="Mike Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Steele" title="Michael Steele">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reince_Priebus" title="Reince Priebus">Priebus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronna_McDaniel" title="Ronna McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Whatley" title="Michael Whatley">Whatley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Chair elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2009 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2011 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2013 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2015 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2017 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Republican National Committee chairmanship election (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Republican National Committee chairmanship election (page does not exist)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" title="2023 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Committee_chairmanship_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Republican National Committee chairmanship election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_parties_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States)">Parties</a> by<br />state and<br />territory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Republican_Party" title="Alabama Republican Party">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Republican_Party" title="Alaska Republican Party">Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Republican_Party" title="Arizona Republican Party">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Arkansas" title="Republican Party of Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Republican_Party" title="Colorado Republican Party">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Republican_Party" title="Connecticut Republican Party">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_State_Committee_of_Delaware" title="Republican State Committee of Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Florida" title="Republican Party of Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Republican_Party" title="Georgia Republican Party">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Republican_Party" title="Hawaii Republican Party">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Republican_Party" title="Idaho Republican Party">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Republican_Party" title="Illinois Republican Party">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Republican_Party" title="Indiana Republican Party">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Iowa" title="Republican Party of Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Republican_Party" title="Kansas Republican Party">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Kentucky" title="Republican Party of Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Louisiana" title="Republican Party of Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine_Republican_Party" title="Maine Republican Party">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Republican_Party" title="Maryland Republican Party">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Republican_Party" title="Massachusetts Republican Party">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Republican_Party" title="Michigan Republican Party">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_Party" title="Mississippi Republican Party">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Republican_Party" title="Missouri Republican Party">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana_Republican_Party" title="Montana Republican Party">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Republican_Party" title="Nebraska Republican Party">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Republican_Party" title="Nevada Republican Party">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Republican_State_Committee" title="New Hampshire Republican State Committee">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Republican_Party" title="New Jersey Republican Party">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_New_Mexico" title="Republican Party of New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Republican_State_Committee" title="New York Republican State Committee">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Republican_Party" title="North Carolina Republican Party">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="North Dakota Republican Party">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Republican_Party" title="Ohio Republican Party">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Republican_Party" title="Oklahoma Republican Party">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Republican_Party" title="Oregon Republican Party">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Republican_Party" title="Pennsylvania Republican Party">Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Republican_Party" title="Rhode Island Republican Party">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Republican_Party" title="South Carolina Republican Party">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="South Dakota Republican Party">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Republican_Party" title="Tennessee Republican Party">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Texas" title="Republican Party of Texas">Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Republican_Party" title="Utah Republican Party">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Republican_Party" title="Vermont Republican 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Columbia Republican Party">District of Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Guam" title="Republican Party of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(Northern_Mariana_Islands)" title="Republican Party (Northern Mariana Islands)">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Republican Party of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Republican Party of the Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_organizations" title="Republican Party (United States) organizations">Affiliated <br /> organizations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks 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href="/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Factions in the Republican Party (United States)">Factions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Caucus" title="Freedom Caucus">Freedom Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Problem_Solvers_Caucus" title="Problem Solvers Caucus">Problem Solvers Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Governance_Group" title="Republican Governance Group">Republican Governance Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Fundraising<br />groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Congressional_Committee" title="National Republican Congressional Committee">National Republican Congressional Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Redistricting_Trust" title="National Republican Redistricting Trust">National Republican Redistricting Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association" title="Republican Attorneys General Association">Republican Attorneys General Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Governors_Association" title="Republican Governors Association">Republican Governors Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Sectional<br />groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_Republicans" title="College Republicans">College Republicans</a> <ul><li><a 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title="Republicans Overseas">Republicans Overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_School_Republican_National_Federation" title="High School Republican National Federation">High School Republican National Federation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFB6B6;;width:1%">Factional<br />groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Majority_for_Choice" title="Republican Majority for Choice">Republican Majority for Choice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Liberty_Caucus" title="Republican Liberty Caucus">Republican Liberty Caucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Coalition_for_Life" title="Republican National Coalition for Life">Republican National Coalition for 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href="/wiki/1800_United_States_presidential_election" title="1800 United States presidential election">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney" title="Charles Cotesworth Pinckney">Charles C. Pinckney</a> (<a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_presidential_election" title="1804 United States presidential election">1804</a>, <a href="/wiki/1808_United_States_presidential_election" title="1808 United States presidential election">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton" title="DeWitt Clinton">DeWitt Clinton</a> (<a href="/wiki/1812_United_States_presidential_election" title="1812 United States presidential election">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_King" title="Rufus King">Rufus King</a> (<a href="/wiki/1816_United_States_presidential_election" title="1816 United States presidential election">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> (<a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" title="1824 United States presidential election">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Crawford" title="William H. Crawford">William H. Crawford</a> (<a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" title="1824 United States presidential election">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a> (<a href="/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election" title="1824 United States presidential election">1824</a>, <a href="/wiki/1832_United_States_presidential_election" title="1832 United States presidential election">1832</a>, <a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_presidential_election" title="1844 United States presidential election">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> (<a href="/wiki/1828_United_States_presidential_election" title="1828 United States presidential election">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> (<a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election" title="1836 United States presidential election">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_White" title="Hugh Lawson White">Hugh Lawson White</a> (<a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election" title="1836 United States presidential election">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> (<a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election" title="1840 United States presidential election">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Cass" title="Lewis Cass">Lewis Cass</a> (<a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election" title="1848 United States presidential election">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a> (<a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_presidential_election" title="1852 United States presidential election">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont" title="John C. Frémont">John C. Frémont</a> (<a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_presidential_election" title="1856 United States presidential election">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a> (<a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._McClellan" title="George B. McClellan">George B. McClellan</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_McClellan_1864_presidential_campaign" title="George McClellan 1864 presidential campaign">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Seymour" title="Horatio Seymour">Horatio Seymour</a> (<a href="/wiki/Horatio_Seymour_1868_presidential_campaign" title="Horatio Seymour 1868 presidential campaign">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Horace Greeley</a> (<a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley_1872_presidential_campaign" title="Horace Greeley 1872 presidential campaign">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden" title="Samuel J. Tilden">Samuel J. Tilden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Samuel_Tilden_1876_presidential_campaign" title="Samuel Tilden 1876 presidential campaign">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock" title="Winfield Scott Hancock">Winfield Scott Hancock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock_1880_presidential_campaign" title="Winfield Scott Hancock 1880 presidential campaign">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">James G. Blaine</a> (<a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election" title="1884 United States presidential election">1884</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_1888_presidential_campaign" title="Grover Cleveland 1888 presidential campaign">1888</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> (<a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election" title="1892 United States presidential election">1892</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" title="William Jennings Bryan">William J. Bryan</a> (<a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan_1896_presidential_campaign" title="William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign">1896</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan_1900_presidential_campaign" title="William Jennings Bryan 1900 presidential campaign">1900</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan_1908_presidential_campaign" title="William Jennings Bryan 1908 presidential campaign">1908</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alton_B._Parker" title="Alton B. Parker">Alton B. Parker</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alton_B._Parker_1904_presidential_campaign" title="Alton B. Parker 1904 presidential campaign">1904</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> (<a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election" title="1912 United States presidential election">1912</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Evans_Hughes" title="Charles Evans Hughes">Charles Evans Hughes</a> (<a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election" title="1916 United States presidential election">1916</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Cox" title="James M. Cox">James M. Cox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election" title="1920 United States presidential election">1920</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Davis" title="John W. Davis">John W. Davis</a> (<a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election" title="1924 United States presidential election">1924</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Smith" title="Al Smith">Al Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_1928_presidential_campaign" title="Al Smith 1928 presidential campaign">1928</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> (<a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election" title="1932 United States presidential election">1932</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Landon" title="Alf Landon">Alf Landon</a> (<a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election" title="1936 United States presidential election">1936</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a> (<a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Thomas E. Dewey</a> (<a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election" title="1944 United States presidential election">1944</a>, <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adlai_Stevenson_II" title="Adlai Stevenson II">Adlai Stevenson</a> (<a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election" title="1956 United States presidential election">1956</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon_1960_presidential_campaign" title="Richard Nixon 1960 presidential campaign">1960</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">Barry Goldwater</a> (<a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater_1964_presidential_campaign" title="Barry Goldwater 1964 presidential campaign">1964</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey" title="Hubert Humphrey">Hubert Humphrey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey_1968_presidential_campaign" title="Hubert Humphrey 1968 presidential campaign">1968</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">George McGovern</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_McGovern_1972_presidential_campaign" title="George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford_1976_presidential_campaign" title="Gerald Ford 1976 presidential campaign">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_1980_presidential_campaign" title="Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale_1984_presidential_campaign" title="Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign">1984</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dukakis" title="Michael Dukakis">Michael Dukakis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Dukakis_1988_presidential_campaign" title="Michael Dukakis 1988 presidential campaign">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> (<a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_1992_presidential_campaign" title="George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign">1992</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole_1996_presidential_campaign" title="Bob Dole 1996 presidential campaign">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Al_Gore_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign">2000</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Kerry_2004_presidential_campaign" title="John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign">2004</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John McCain</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2008 presidential campaign">2008</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary 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title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Bill Bradley 2000 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche_U.S._presidential_campaigns" title="Lyndon LaRouche U.S. presidential campaigns">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Views_of_Lyndon_LaRouche_and_the_LaRouche_movement" title="Views of Lyndon LaRouche and the LaRouche movement">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #A356DE;"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a 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href="/wiki/Harry_Browne" title="Harry Browne">Harry Browne</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Browne_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Harry Browne 2000 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Art_Olivier" title="Art Olivier">Art Olivier</a></b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Neil_Smith" title="L. Neil Smith">L. Neil Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #6A287E;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2000_Reform_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Reform Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></b></li> <li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Buchanan" title="Pat Buchanan">Pat Buchanan</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Buchanan_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Pat Buchanan 2000 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Ezola_Foster" title="Ezola Foster">Ezola B. Foster</a></b></li> <li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Hagelin" title="John Hagelin">John Hagelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump" title="Political positions of Donald Trump">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 NavajoWhite;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(United_States)" title="Natural Law Party (United States)">Natural Law Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/John_Hagelin" title="John Hagelin">John Hagelin</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Nat_Goldhaber" title="Nat Goldhaber">Nat Goldhaber</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">Earl Dodge</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Dean_Watkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Dean Watkins">W. Dean Watkins</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CD3700;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_USA" title="Socialist Party USA">Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/David_McReynolds" title="David McReynolds">David McReynolds</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Cal_Hollis" title="Mary Cal Hollis">Mary Cal Hollis</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/James_Harris_(Socialist_Workers_Party_politician)" title="James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician)">James Harris</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Trowe" title="Margaret Trowe">Margaret Trowe</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF33AA;"><a href="/wiki/Workers_World_Party" title="Workers World Party">Workers World Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Monica_Moorehead" title="Monica Moorehead">Monica Moorehead</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gloria_La_Riva" title="Gloria La Riva">Gloria La Riva</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Gordon_Brown" title="Cathy Gordon Brown">Cathy Gordon Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Collins_(politician)" title="Charles E. Collins (politician)">Charles E. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabell_Masters" title="Isabell Masters">Isabell Masters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schriner" title="Joe Schriner">Joe Schriner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Florida_election_recount_and_legal_proceedings" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida">Florida election recount and legal proceedings</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Harris" title="Katherine Harris">Katherine Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bush" title="Jeb Bush">Jeb Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Boies" title="David Boies">David Boies</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Olson" title="Theodore Olson">Theodore Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Baker" title="James Baker">James Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Klain" title="Ron Klain">Ron Klain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Christopher" title="Warren Christopher">Warren Christopher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Whouley" title="Michael Whouley">Michael Whouley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Ginsberg_(lawyer)" title="Benjamin Ginsberg (lawyer)">Benjamin Ginsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Butterworth" title="Bob Butterworth">Bob Butterworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Allbaugh" title="Joe Allbaugh">Joe Allbaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Stipanovich" title="Mac Stipanovich">Mac Stipanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Waters" title="Craig Waters">Craig Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_LePore" title="Theresa LePore">Theresa LePore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Roberts_(politician)" title="Carol Roberts (politician)">Carol Roberts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Election day</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Central_Voter_File" title="Florida Central Voter File">Florida Central Voter File</a> (scrub list)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volusia_error" title="Volusia error">Volusia error</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_(paper)" title="Chad (paper)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballot#Design" title="Ballot">Butterfly ballot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aftermath and <br />legal proceedings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_election_recount" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida election recount">Florida election recount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot" title="Brooks Brothers riot">Brooks Brothers riot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_County_Canvassing_Board_v._Harris_(Harris_I)" title="Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris (Harris I)"><i>Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris</i> (Harris I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_v._Gore" title="Bush v. Gore"><i>Gore v. Harris</i> (Harris II)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bush_v._Palm_Beach_County_Canvassing_Board" title="Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board">Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bush_v._Gore" title="Bush v. Gore">Bush v. Gore</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Recount_(film)" title="Recount (film)">Recount</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bush_Family_Fortunes:_The_Best_Democracy_Money_Can_Buy" title="Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy">Bush Family Fortunes</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unprecedented:_The_2000_Presidential_Election" title="Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election">Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election</a></i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_elections,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:United States elections, 2000">Other 2000 elections</a></dt> <dd><a 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title="Potomac primary">Potomac primary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Super_Tuesday_II" title="2008 Super Tuesday II">Super Tuesday II</a></li> <li>Polls <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election">national</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election">statewide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="International opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election">international</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #3333FF;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a><br /><span style="color:#f598e2;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Working_Families_Party" title="Working Families Party">WFP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">Convention</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_superdelegates_at_the_2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="List of superdelegates at the 2008 Democratic National Convention">superdelegates</a></li></ul></li> <li>Polls <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">statewide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">national</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums">Debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Primary results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">VP candidate selection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_candidates" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates">Candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama" title="Political positions of Barack Obama">positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">cross-party</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden" title="Political positions of Joe Biden">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Evan_Bayh" title="Evan Bayh">Evan Bayh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evan_Bayh_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Evan Bayh 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Joe_Biden" title="Political positions of Joe Biden">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Hillary_Clinton" title="Political positions of Hillary Clinton">positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hillary_Clinton_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Chris Dodd 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Edwards_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_John_Edwards" title="Political positions of John Edwards">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Mike Gravel 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Dennis Kucinich 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson">Bill Richardson</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Richardson_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Bill Richardson 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Tom Vilsack 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #E81B23;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a><br /><span style="color:#FF8C00;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_New_York_State" title="Conservative Party of New York State">CPNY</a> · <span style="color:#FFC14E;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Independence_Party_of_New_York" title="Independence Party of New York">IPNY</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention" title="2008 Republican National Convention">Convention</a></li> <li>Polls <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">statewide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">national</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">Debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primary_candidates" title="Political positions of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primary candidates">Political positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2008_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries">Primary results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection">VP candidate selection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">John McCain</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign" title="John McCain 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_John_McCain" title="Political positions of John McCain">positions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_John_McCain_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of John McCain 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_and_liberal_support_for_John_McCain_in_2008" title="Democratic and liberal support for John McCain in 2008">cross-party</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_presidential_candidacy_of_Sarah_Palin" title="Vice presidential candidacy of Sarah Palin">candidacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Sarah_Palin" title="Political positions of Sarah Palin">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates" title="2008 Republican Party presidential candidates">Other candidates</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Brownback" title="Sam Brownback">Sam Brownback</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Brownback_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Sam Brownback 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Cox" title="John H. Cox">John H. Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gilmore_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Jim Gilmore 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Rudy Giuliani 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Rudy_Giuliani" title="Political positions of Rudy Giuliani">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee" title="Mike Huckabee">Mike Huckabee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Huckabee_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Mike_Huckabee" title="Political positions of Mike Huckabee">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_L._Hunter" title="Duncan L. Hunter">Duncan L. Hunter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_L._Hunter_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Duncan L. Hunter 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Alan Keyes 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_McKinney" title="Ray McKinney">Ray McKinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul" title="Political positions of Ron Paul">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Mitt_Romney" title="Political positions of Mitt Romney">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tancredo" title="Tom Tancredo">Tom Tancredo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tancredo_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Tom Tancredo 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Fred Thompson</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Fred Thompson 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson" title="Tommy Thompson">Tommy Thompson</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Tommy Thompson 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Draft_(politics)" title="Draft (politics)">Draft movements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Democratic:</b> <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Draft_Mark_Warner_movement" title="Draft Mark Warner movement">movement</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>Republican:</b> <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Draft_Condi_movement" title="Draft Condi movement">movement</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Draft_Bloomberg_movement" title="Draft Bloomberg movement">movement</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Third_party_and_independent_candidates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">independent</a> <a href="/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="Third-party and independent candidates for the 2008 United States presidential election">candidates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #A356DE;; font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution Party</a></b><br />(<a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_National_Convention" title="Constitution Party National Convention">convention</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Baldwin" title="Chuck Baldwin">Chuck Baldwin</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Baldwin_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Chuck Baldwin 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: Darrell Castle</b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Imperato" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Imperato">Daniel Imperato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Alan Keyes 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #17aa5c;; font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" title="Green Party of the United States">Green Party</a></b><br />(<a href="/wiki/2008_Green_National_Convention" title="2008 Green National Convention">convention</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney" title="Cynthia McKinney">Cynthia McKinney</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Cynthia McKinney 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Cynthia_McKinney" class="mw-redirect" title="Political positions of Cynthia McKinney">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Clemente" title="Rosa Clemente">Rosa Clemente</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Brown" title="Elaine Brown">Elaine Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FED105;; font-weight:normal"><b><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a></b><br />(<a href="/wiki/2008_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2008 Libertarian National Convention">convention</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Barr" title="Bob Barr">Bob Barr</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Barr_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Bob Barr 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Bob_Barr" class="mw-redirect" title="Political positions of Bob Barr">positions</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Allyn_Root" title="Wayne Allyn Root">Wayne Allyn Root</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel" title="Mike Gravel">Mike Gravel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gravel_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Mike Gravel 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Kubby" title="Steve Kubby">Steve Kubby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Allyn_Root" title="Wayne Allyn Root">Wayne Allyn Root</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ruwart" title="Mary Ruwart">Mary Ruwart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Stanhope" title="Doug Stanhope">Doug Stanhope</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #800080;">America's Independent Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes" title="Alan Keyes">Alan Keyes</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Keyes_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Alan Keyes 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: Brian Rohrbough</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 yellow;"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party_(political_party)" title="Boston Tea Party (political party)">Boston Tea Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Jay" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Jay">Charles Jay</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #F8F9FA;"><a href="/wiki/Objectivist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Objectivist Party">Objectivist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Stevens_(Objectivist_Party_politician)" title="Tom Stevens (Objectivist Party politician)">Tom Stevens</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00FF00;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Ralph Nader 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Gonzalez" title="Matt Gonzalez">Matt Gonzalez</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gloria_La_Riva" title="Gloria La Riva">Gloria La Riva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney" title="Cynthia McKinney">Cynthia McKinney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Cynthia McKinney 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(political_activist)" title="Brian Moore (political activist)">Brian Moore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Brian Moore 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Amondson" title="Gene Amondson">Gene Amondson</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #6A287E;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Weill" title="Ted Weill">Ted Weill</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: Frank McEnulty</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation" title="Party for Socialism and Liberation">Socialism and Liberation Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gloria_La_Riva" title="Gloria La Riva">Gloria La Riva</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Puryear" title="Eugene Puryear">Eugene Puryear</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CD3700;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_USA" title="Socialist Party USA">Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(political_activist)" title="Brian Moore (political activist)">Brian Moore</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Brian Moore 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Chester" title="Eric Chester">Eric Chester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3ger_Calero" title="Róger Calero">Róger Calero</a></b></li> <li><b>Alternate nominee: <a href="/wiki/James_Harris_(Socialist_Workers_Party_politician)" title="James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician)">James Harris</a></b></li> <li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Alyson_Kennedy" title="Alyson Kennedy">Alyson Kennedy</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;">Independent / Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Boss" title="Jeff Boss">Jeff Boss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_(character)" title="Stephen Colbert (character)">Stephen Colbert</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Stephen Colbert 2008 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Dodge" title="Earl Dodge">Earl Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Lyttle" title="Bradford Lyttle">Bradford Lyttle</a></li> <li><a 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McNulty Jr.">J. McNulty</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barry_Goldwater" title="Barry Goldwater">B. Goldwater</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">D. DeConcini</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">M. Udall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eldon_Rudd" title="Eldon Rudd">E. Rudd</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">D. DeConcini</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">M. Udall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jay_Rhodes_(politician)" title="Jay Rhodes (politician)">J. J. Rhodes III</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">D. DeConcini</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">M. Udall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jay_Rhodes_(politician)" title="Jay Rhodes (politician)">J. J. Rhodes III</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">D. DeConcini</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mo_Udall" title="Mo Udall">M. Udall</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jay_Rhodes_(politician)" title="Jay Rhodes (politician)">J. J. Rhodes III</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dennis_DeConcini" title="Dennis DeConcini">D. DeConcini</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Coppersmith" title="Sam Coppersmith">S. Coppersmith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karan_English" title="Karan English">K. English</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">M. Salmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">M. Salmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">M. Salmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Stump" title="Bob Stump">B. Stump</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Renzi" title="Rick Renzi">R. Renzi</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kolbe" title="Jim Kolbe">J. Kolbe</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Hayworth" title="J. D. Hayworth">J. D. Hayworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Renzi" title="Rick Renzi">R. Renzi</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Renzi" title="Rick Renzi">R. Renzi</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Giffords" title="Gabby Giffords">G. Giffords</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_Mitchell" title="Harry Mitchell">H. Mitchell</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Shadegg" title="John Shadegg">J. Shadegg</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Giffords" title="Gabby Giffords">G. Giffords</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_Mitchell" title="Harry Mitchell">H. Mitchell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">A. Kirkpatrick</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress" title="112th United States Congress">112th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl">J. Kyl</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gabby_Giffords" title="Gabby Giffords">G. Giffords</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">P. Gosar</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Quayle" title="Ben Quayle">B. Quayle</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">D. Schweikert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barber" title="Ron Barber"><i>R. Barber</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Pastor" title="Ed Pastor">E. Pastor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">M. Salmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">P. Gosar</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">D. Schweikert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barber" title="Ron Barber">R. Barber</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">A. Kirkpatrick</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">K. Sinema</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/114th_United_States_Congress" title="114th United States Congress">114th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">J. McCain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks">T. Franks</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Salmon" title="Matt Salmon">M. Salmon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">P. Gosar</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">D. Schweikert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ann_Kirkpatrick" title="Ann Kirkpatrick">A. Kirkpatrick</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">K. Sinema</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">R. Gallego</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martha_McSally" title="Martha McSally">M. McSally</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arizona" title="List of United States senators from Arizona">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>J. McCain</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Kyl" title="Jon Kyl"><i>J. Kyl</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Flake" title="Jeff Flake">J. Flake</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Arizona" title="List of United States representatives from Arizona">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Trent_Franks" title="Trent Franks"><i>T. Franks</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Grijalva" title="Raúl Grijalva">R. Grijalva</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gosar" title="Paul Gosar">P. Gosar</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Schweikert" title="David Schweikert">D. Schweikert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyrsten_Sinema" title="Kyrsten Sinema">K. Sinema</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ruben_Gallego" title="Ruben Gallego">R. Gallego</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martha_McSally" title="Martha McSally">M. McSally</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andy_Biggs" title="Andy Biggs">A. Biggs</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran" title="Tom O'Halleran">T. O'Halleran</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Lesko" title="Debbie Lesko"><i>D. Lesko</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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state</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_rotunda" title="United States Capitol rotunda">US Capitol rotunda</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Clay (1852)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln"><b>Lincoln</b> (1865,</a> <a href="/wiki/State_funeral_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="State funeral of Abraham Lincoln">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Stevens" title="Thaddeus Stevens">Stevens (1868)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Sumner (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Wilson (1875)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield"><b>Garfield</b> (1881)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">Logan (1886)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley"><b>McKinley</b> (1901)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Charles_L%27Enfant" title="Pierre Charles L'Enfant">L'Enfant (1909)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dewey" title="George Dewey">Dewey (1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns#The_Unknown_of_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Unknowns">Unknown Soldier for World War I (1921)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding"><b>Harding</b> (1923)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft"><b>W. H. Taft</b> (1930)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">Pershing (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Taft" title="Robert A. Taft">R. A. Taft (1953)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns#The_Unknowns_of_World_War_II_and_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Unknowns">Unknown Soldiers for World War II and the Korean War (1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy"><b>Kennedy</b> (1963,</a> <a href="/wiki/State_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="State funeral of John F. Kennedy">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">MacArthur (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover"><b>H. Hoover</b> (1964)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower"><b>Eisenhower</b> (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Dirksen (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" title="J. Edgar Hoover">J. E. Hoover (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson"><b>Johnson</b> (1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Humphrey" title="Hubert Humphrey">Humphrey (1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Blassie" title="Michael Blassie">Blassie</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknowns#The_Unknown_of_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Unknowns">Unknown Soldier for the Vietnam War (1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan"><b>Reagan</b> (2004,</a> <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford"><b>Ford</b> (2006–07,</a> <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Gerald_Ford" title="Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Inouye" title="Daniel Inouye">Inouye (2012)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">McCain (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush"><b>Bush</b> (2018,</a> <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">Lewis (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Reid (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Statuary_Hall" title="National Statuary Hall">National Statuary Hall</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Cummings" title="Elijah Cummings">Cummings (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Ginsburg (2020,</a> <a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Death and state funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg">funeral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Young" title="Don Young">Young (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/US_Capitol#House_Chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="US Capitol">House Chamber</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hooper" title="Samuel Hooper">Hooper (1875)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_C._Hoover_Building" title="Herbert C. 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