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The Political Career of John McCain

Sen. John McCain, a leading contender for the 2008 GOP nomination, has become an ally to President Bush on national security issues, including the war in Iraq, making his political future tied to the president's ability to end the war.

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A Turbulent Youth Under a Strong Father's Shadow
Article | One night in 1957, during his junior year at the U.S. Naval Academy, John Sidney McCain III found himself in trouble, an incident that destined him for yet another tense discussion with his frustrated father. While on liberty, he and a couple of classmates had gotten into an argument at a Washing...
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A Family Duty
Article | About an hour before kickoff, the white-haired man in the crew-neck sweater pulls out his cellphone and calls his son. "Hey, where are you, Jack?" he says. "I'm at the game."
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