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On the recordOctober 22, 2017
I don't consider him so much a draft dodger as I feel that the system was so wrong that certain Americans could have evade their responsibilities to serve the country.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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McCain discusses the unfairness of the draft system and its implications for those who avoided service.

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