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Aug 29, 2018 · 7:37 p.m. ET, August 29, 2018. There's a funeral for McCain in DC on Saturday. Don't expect Trump to be there. From CNN's Jeremy Diamond. Win McNamee/Getty Images. Sen. John McCain made clear...
- Early Life and Vietnam
- Elected to Congress
- Presidential Runs
- The Trump Era
The son and grandson of admirals, John Sidney McCain was born at a U.S. Naval base in Panama on August 29, 1936. After moving with his parents from base to base, then to boarding school, he attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated to become a Navy pilot. He frequently joked about his poor performance in school, calling himself an "undi...
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 as a conservative Republican, McCain was broadly supportive of President Ronald Reagan's agenda. He was also considered to be one of the most popular members of the freshman class of 1983. "John was clearly the star from the first day," Steve Bartlett, a former congressman from Texas, told The Ne...
The quotable and charismatic McCain developed a reputation as a maverick in the Senate, and seemed to relish his fights with the GOP establishment. He was at times unorthodox in his views, much to the consternation of his party's leadership, although his reputation for straight talk helped propel his run for the Republican presidential nomination i...
McCain returned to the Senate and remained outspoken. Over the last three years, Donald Trump became a frequent target. After McCain said a Trump campaign rally in Phoenix "fired up the crazies," Mr. Trump hit back with an infamous comment about McCain's military service. "He's not a war hero," Mr. Trump said at an event in Iowain 2015. "He's a war...
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Aug 25, 2018 · McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential candidate and an abrasive...
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Aug 26, 2018 · From CNN's Jeff Zeleny. Sen. John McCain had been planning his own funeral services over the last year, often discussing the plans with close friends who visited his Arizona ranch. Two people...
Palin mourned McCain in a tweet Saturday night after his death, calling him an "American original" who "inspired others to serve something greater than self." Former Vice President Joe Biden ...
Aug 25, 2018 · Aug. 25, 2018. John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from...