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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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May 14, 2008

It's just a fact that Hamas, apparently the North American spokesperson is endorsing Senator Obama.

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May 13, 2008

If Barack Obama continues to have these problems with older voters, white working-class voters, well, then that could put Pennsylvania in the Republican column.

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May 13, 2008

I think it's very clear who Hamas wants to be the next president of the United States. I think that people should understand that I will be Hamas' worst nightmare.

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May 11, 2008

We need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures.

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May 8, 2008

Who do you want to answer the phone at 3 a.m. when you want pizza?

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May 8, 2008

With high gas prices, lower wages and soaring health care costs, Americans say their piece of the pie is shrinking. My friends, my wife just bought me four whole pies, and I'd be glad to share.

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May 8, 2008

With high gas prices, lower wages, soaring health care costs, Americans say their piece of the pie is shrinking. My friends, my wife just bought me four whole pies, and I would be glad to share.

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May 7, 2008

He used the words 'losing his bearings intentionally,' a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as an issue. This is typical of the Obama style of campaigning.

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May 1, 2008

What happened eight years ago is over. And I know that the people of South Carolina are not going to have such a thing happen again as happened then.

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May 1, 2008

What happened eight years ago is over, and I know that the people of South Carolina are not going to have such a thing happen again that's happened then.

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Apr 30, 2008

I don't care what the polls say about John McCain. Come November he's toast!

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Apr 30, 2008

I said, as you well know, more than a year ago, I'd much rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. And I still stand by that statement.

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Apr 30, 2008

There are those who are convinced that the solution is to move closer to a nationalized health care system. The key to real reform is to restore control over our health care system and restore it to the patients themselves.

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Apr 29, 2008

The media need to update their image of John McCain. They need to fall out of love with John McCain.

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Apr 29, 2008

He's not doing that anymore. Imagine the man who was tortured himself voting against a bill that now allows the CIA to practice torture.

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Apr 29, 2008

The minute the nominee is selected, I think exposing John McCain and what he would do to our safety, to our economy would be such an important fact for Democrats that they will rally.

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Apr 29, 2008

Democrats will be so determined to prevent a third Bush term, which is what, obviously, John McCain would be offering, despite his so-called maverick image.

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Apr 27, 2008

I am of the belief that Senator Obama does not reflect the extremist statements that Reverend Wright has given, but I also understand why millions of Americans may, as Senator Obama said yesterday, view this as a political issue.

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Apr 27, 2008

I saw yesterday some additional comments that have been revealed by Pastor Wright, one of them comparing the United States Marine Corps with Roman Legionnaires who were responsible for the death of our Savior -- I mean, being involved in…

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Apr 24, 2008

All I can do is, in as visible a way as possible, disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning and, again, reiterate that's not the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. It's not.

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Apr 23, 2008

America will never forget, I will never forget, and never again will there be a mismanaged natural disaster, man-made or natural again that will occur in this country.

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Apr 22, 2008

I believe we are in a recession. I think the numbers indicate that. And I will be glad to discuss the technical aspect of what's a recession or not technically IS recession. But I think the reality is, and I don't have to tell you here…

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Apr 15, 2008

In 2000, McCain was against overturning roe v. Wade. Now he says the Supreme Court overstepped its bounds.

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