Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir, by John McCain
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Environment
Preserving wilderness among proudest achievements.
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Homeland Security
Vietnam not wrong, but how it was fought and led was.
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Principles & Values
Admiral McCain's health failed after retiring from the Navy.
Spent nearly 23 years on active duty in the Navy.
Political style is to be straightforward.
Principles are more important than personal happiness.
McCain embraced core Reagan values.
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The above quotations are from Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir, by John McCain.
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- Citizen McCain, by Elizabeth Drew
- Hard Call, by John McCain & Mark Salter
- Man of the People, by Paul Alexander
- Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir, by John McCain
- John McCain: An American Odyssey, by Robert Timberg
- Why Courage Matters, by John McCain
- Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir, by John McCain
- Bill Bradley & McCain discuss Campaign Finance Reform
- McCain: The Myth of a Maverick, by Matt Welch
- 1999-2000 Republican Primary debates:
GOP debate in Los Angeles, CA
(McCain's last debate)
| Bush on Bob Jones; McCain on "Iron Triangle";
Keyes on "Why I'm Here"
| March 2, 2000 |
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GOP Debate on the Larry King Show (without Bauer & Forbes)
| McCain on Bob Jones University's inter-racial dating ban: "Idiotic and cruel"
| Feb. 15, 2000 |
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Republican debate in Manchester, NH (without Hatch)
| Keyes & McCain: "Family conference" on abortion?
| Jan. 26, 2000 |
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Republican debate in Johnston, Iowa
| On Ten Commandments in schools;
and on Family Farms
| Jan. 16, 2000 |
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Republican debate at Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI
| Bush: "I'm a tax-cutting person"
Others on AIDS in Africa
| Jan. 10, 2000 |
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Republican debate in West Columbia, South Carolina
| On exporting US farm products;
and on a tax-free Internet
| Jan. 7, 2000 |
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Republican debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham
| Bush:"Jesus is how I live my life"
Others on gays in the military
| Jan. 6, 2000 |
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Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa
| On ethanol subsidies & HMO review
| Dec. 13, 1999 |
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Republican debate in Phoenix, Arizona
| Keyes: Campaign finance is "incumbency protection"; Others on China in WTO
| Dec. 7, 1999 |
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Republican debate in New Hampshire (with Bush)
| Bauer: "I can’t imagine a senior citizen fearing my plan"; and others on Social Security
| Dec. 3, 1999 |
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Republican debate at Dartmouth University (without Bush)
| McCain:"Just say no" to drugs;
Bauer:"Say no" to bureaucrats
| Oct. 29, 1999 |
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