you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. his injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death but they had a change of heart and decided to treat him once they realized just who his father was. if knowledge his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific made john mccain a valuable prisoner. someone who could be exploited for propaganda purposes. his broken bones were badly set. his arms put in bulky casts. mccain was offered an early release but he refused citing the military code of conduct. the code of conduct required
but mccain would not cooperate. you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. his injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death but they had a change of heart and decided to treat him once they realized just who his father was. if knowledge his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific made john mccain a valuable prisoner. someone who could be exploited for propaganda purposes. his broken bones were badly set. his arms put in bulky casts. mccain was offered an early release but he refused citing the military code of conduct.
you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. mccain s injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death, but the north vietnamese had a change of heart and decided to treat mccain once they realized just who his father was. the knowledge that his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific made john mccain a valuable prisoner, someone who could potentially be exploited for propaganda purposes. his broken bones were badly set. his arms put in bulky casts. mccain was offered an early release from captivity, but he refused. citing the military code of conduct. a code of conduct required prisons of war to be released in
and by march, the straight talk express ran out of gas. i announce today on this fine arizona morning and in this beautiful place that i am no longer an active candidate for my party s nomination for president. mccain threw his support behind bush and helped him defeat democratic challenger al gore to become the 43rd president. although he was a loyal republican, mccain bucked bush on numerous issues. mccain was taking positions on health care, on taxes, on guns, on the environment that were at odds with the bush administration. during the bush years, mccain scored perhaps his biggest legislative achievement when mccain finegold, his bill, his tireless work on finance reform was signed into law in 2002. there were times when it seemed like it was never going to end. john was so much fun to work with i didn t mind.
as the general election heated up, barack obama built a lead in the polls. we always knew that we had to take a risk, that we had to throw the ball into double coverage over the middle of the field to get ahead in a race where all the head winds were against us. really what the idea was was that john mccain was going to pick joe lieberman. 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 walk on the mountain tops. and you were not going to defeat him with a conventional campaign. in his book the restless