when did brian move back in? brian s back? he doesn t get my room. he s only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40 s. i m not a hero. the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. john s. mccain the third was born august 29th, 1936 to a multi-generational family on the base of panama canal zone. his father jack mccain became a you are four star admiral.
nomination. that changed after donald trump s lewd comments on access hollywood were leaked. when you re a star you can do whatever you want. grab them by the [ bleep ]. it was john mccain s straw. that s when he would not vote for donald trump. i have daughters. i have friends. i have so many wonderful people on my staff. they cannot be degraded and demeaned in that fashion. on election night. in one of the most shocking u.s. elections in modern political history, donald trump overcame all the odds and defeated hillary clinton. mccain wakes up november 9th just utterly stunned. trump has won. beyond all the other things about trump s personal behavior, mccain is most troubled about his world view. his concerns didn t subside after the inauguration.
the happiest that john mccain was ever in a campaign wasn t on the night you want. it was on the day that you were within a point or two and you knew you could win. the crowds were building. it was completely improbable. mccain pulled out a five-point victory over mitt romney. i m past the age where i can say kid but tonight we sure showed them what a comeback looked like. his expected challenger, hillary clinton faltered in her own campaign. in an upset, a newcomer, barack obama won the nomination. there s two types of elections in america. there s change elections and more of the same elections.
i m not sure looking back in 2008 that we could have elected abraham lincoln as a republican to the office of the presidency. as the general election heated up, barack obama built a lead in the polls. we always knew we has to take a risk. we had to throw the ball in double coverage to get ahead in race where the head winds are against us. what the idea was that john mccain was going to pick joe leiberman. i get a call from rick davis who is campaign manager for john mccain s presidential campaign in 2008. he said john would like to put you on the list of people to be vetted to be his vice presidential running mate. i said are you kidding me. he said no, i m not. it was a bold idea. barack obama was beginning to
he was given an option. he could return to the u.s. or stay in vietnam. he could have cycled back to the united states of the fire and never returned to vietnam but he volunteered to go back. it would be fateful decision. mccain was reassigned. the missions launched from the deck were the most dangerous. on his 23rd bombing mission on october 26th, 1967, mccain s sky hawk was hit by enemy fire. he was shot down by a service to air missile and parachuted out. he was injured upon bail out so both arms broken, a leg broken and knocked unconscious. 50 years to the day later, mccain reflected on those