john mccain s release from a north vietnamese prison camp in the spring of 1973 was big news. he was also the most seriously marked by his five and a half years of imprisonment. behind the scenes, a bruised and battered mccain was uncertain about his future. he said, i just want to spend a little time with my family and get off airplanes. and i need to read a lot of back newspapers and find out what the hell has been going on. i said, well, let s let s figure out something. that something took mccain out of the pilot seat and off to the nation s capital as a navy liaison to the u.s. senate, an aide of sorts. a big part of his job, arranging international trips for senators like william cohen. everyone knew about his background, what he had been through, and yet he emerged with just a great sense of humor.
affairs. john mccain s release from a north vietnamese prison camp in the spring of 1973 was big news. he was also the most seriously marked by his five and a half years of imprisonment. behind the scenes, a bruised and battered mccain was uncertain about his future. he said, i just want to spend a little time with my family and get off airplanes. and i need to read a lot of back newspapers and find out what the hell has been going on. i said, well, let s let s figure out something. that something took mccain out of the pilot seat and off to the nation s capital as a navy liaison to the u.s. senate, an aide of sorts. a big part of his job, arranging international trips for senators like william cohen. everyone knew about his background, what he had been through, and yet he emerged with just a great sense of humor.
1973 was big news. he was also the most seriously marked by his five and a half years of imprisonment. behind the scenes a bruised and battered mccain was uncertain about his future. he said i just want to spend a little time with my family, and get off airplanes, and i need to read a lot of newspapers to find out what has been going on. i said well, let s figure out something. that something took mccain out of the of the pilot seat and off to the nation s capital as a navy liaison to the u.s. senate, an aid of sorts. a big part of his job, arranging international trips for senators like william cohen. everyone knew about his background, what he had been through and yet he emerged with just a great sense of humor. all that time around senators sparked his own political
read a lot of back newspapers and find out what the hell s been going on. i said, well, let s let s figure out something. that something took mccain out of the pilot seat and off to the nation s capitol as a navy leason to the u.s. senate, an aid of sorts, a big part of his job, arranging international trips for senators. everyone knew about his background, what he had been through, and he emerged with a great sense of humor. all that time around senators sparked his own splpolitical ambitions. he probably looked at us and said if these guys can get elected i can too. i think i started thinking about it when i saw that well informed senators and people that knew the issues could have a significant impact on the formulation of national security policy. i m announcing today my decision to become the candidate
been going on. i said, well, let s let s figure out something. that something took mccain out of the pilot seat and off to the nation s capitol as a navy liaison to the u.s. senate, an aide of sorts, a big part of his job, arranging international trips for senators like william cohen. everyone knew about his background, what he had been through, and yet he emerged with just a great sense of humor. all that time around senators sparked his own political ambitions. he probably looked at us and said if these guys can get elected i sure can do it too. i think i started thinking about it when i saw that well-informed senators and people who knew the issues could have a significant impact on the formulation of national security policy. i m announcing today my decision to become a candidate for the republican nomination for u.s. congress from arizona s 1st district.