John McCain

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2008 USA Presidential Candidates.
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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III was born in 1936 on the 29th of August he is currently running in the 2008 presidential elections. John graduated from the United States naval Academy in 1958 at the age of 22. He became a naval aviator, he flew attack aircraft from carriers. During the Vietnam War, he narrowly escaped death in the 1967 Forrestal fire. For 5 and a half years he was held as a prisoner of war by the Vietnamese troops, he is known to have experienced torture. In 1981 things were looking up for Mr McCain as he retired from the navy and was elected into the U.S House Of Represenatives from Arizona in 1982. After a good two terms there he was elected onto the U.S senate which was completed in 1986, he was succesfully re-elected in 1992, 1998 and 2004. John is currently running in the 2008 US elections, others running in it are Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Johns Voting Record -

Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
Ban on same-sex marriage is unRepublican; leave it to states. (Nov 2006)
Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
Voted NO on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)
Voted YES on killing restrictions on violent videos to minors.
Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.
Voted NO on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods.

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