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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.

Jan 14, 2008

Tonight, my friends, he congratulate another candidate's campaign, but tomorrow we get up and fight. Now it's your turn, South Carolina. We're going to fight for your votes; we're going to win this primary and the nomination of our party…

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Jan 14, 2008

My friends, we fell a little short tonight, but we have no cause to be discouraged or to second guess what we might have done differently. We did what we always do, we went to Michigan and we told people the truth. We always tell them the…

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Jan 13, 2008

As president of the United States, I will herald a new day for Michigan.

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Jan 13, 2008

This bill that the president just signed that had nearly 10,000 earmark pork-barrel projects on it, and take that money and give it to these education and training programs.

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Jan 13, 2008

We eliminate this wasteful, disgraceful, earmark pork-barrel spending in Washington, and there will be plenty of money to go around for the right things, and not the wrong things.

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Jan 11, 2008

And we cut taxes, but Ronald Reagan knew we had to cut spending at the same, and that was our great failure as a party, is we cut taxes and then we let spending get out of control.

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Jan 10, 2008

And we cut taxes, but Ronald Reagan knew we had to cut spending at the same, and that was our great failure as a party, is we cut taxes and then we let spending get out of control.

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Jan 9, 2008

Our borders are broken. More people come across our border illegally every year than most any other state. And I will secure the borders first and I will have the border states governors certify that those borders are secured. And we can…

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Jan 9, 2008

One of the reasons why I won in New Hampshire is because I went there and told them the truth. And sometimes you have to tell people things they don't want to hear along with things that they do want to hear. There are jobs. A little…

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Jan 8, 2008

But we will continue to send the message that we have to secure the borders. The borders will be secured first.

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