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About 'mccain in vietnam'|PBS, last night, Lyndon Johnson's presidency - "winning" in Vietnam and the McCain answer to the Bush war legacy.








Every               four               years               the               United               States               holds               a               presidential               election.

In               between               elections               much               of               the               electorate               spends               a               good               deal               of               time               familiarizing               themselves               with               the               next               presidential               contenders.

As               the               year               2008,               a               presidential               year,               looms               just               over               the               horizon               the               political               pundits,               reporters               and               average               Americans               are               busy               trying               to               discover               who               our               next               national               leader               could               or               perhaps               should               be.

Among               those               in               the               national               spotlight               is               Senator               John               McCain.

Because               of               the               diversity               of               his               background               different               people               seem               to               be               familiar               with               bits               and               pieces               of               his               life               and               background.

As               we               move               towards               another               presidential               season               here's               some               of               what               everyone               should               know               about               John               McCain               to               make               an               informed               choice.

1.

John               McCain's               genes.

John               Quincy               Adams               inherited               enough               intellect               from               his               father,               President               John               Adams               to               find               his               own               way               to               the               presidency.

Franklin               Delano               Roosevelt               seemed               to               have               some               genetic               sharing               with               his               Uncle,               President               Theodore               Roosevelt,               and               George               Bush               frequently               is               connected               in               his               political               stance               to               his               father               President               George               Herbert               Walker               Bush.

Does               John               McCain               have               those               kinds               of               genes               to               rely               on               as               he               enters               the               presidential               fray?

If               elected               he               would               be               the               first               McCain               to               hold               the               position               of               President               of               the               United               States               but               not               the               first               McCain               to               hold               a               position               of               national               prominence.
               John               McCain               is               actually               John               McCain               III.

Those               who               bore               the               same               name               before               him               were               formidable               men.

His               grandfather               was               an               Admiral               commanding               navy               aviators               at               Okinawa.

His               father,               John               McCain,               Jr.,               was               an               Admiral               who               commanded               naval               forces               in               Vietnam.

John               McCain               III,               can               run               for               the               presidency               knowing               that               his               pedigree               will               stand               up               to               the               test.

His               family               has               served               this               nation               long               and               well.
               2.

Distinguished               Military               Career.

In               the               last               few               presidential               elections               the               measure               of               candidates               has               frequently               included               a               discussion               of               their               previous               military               background.

Bill               Clinton               was               criticized               for               his               avoidance               of               the               draft               during               the               Vietnam               War.

President               George               Bush               was               mocked               for               his               limited               and               controversial               service               with               the               national               guard.

Candidate               John               Kerry               was               criticized               for               his               portrayal               of               his               participation               in               the               Vietnam               War               and               the               anti               war               positions               he               later               adopted.

It               is               not               unlikely               that               military               service               will               become               a               topic               again               in               2008.
               If               and               when               it               does,               John               McCain,more               than               any               other               candidate,               will               be               able               to               stand               and               deliver.

Like               his               father               and               grandfather               ,John               McCain               III               was               a               navy               man.

He               graduated               from               Annapolis               and               Navy               flight               school               and               saw               action               in               the               Vietnam               War.

He               was               the               recipient               of               many               medals               and               commendations.

But               what               everyone               should               know               about               John               McCain               is               that               he               spent               more               than               five               years               as               a               prisoner               of               war.

He               suffered               two               broken               arms,               was               tortured               and               beaten               and               refused               to               take               an               out               of               order               release.

It               will               be               impossible               for               other               candidates               to               paint               McCain               as               anything               other               than               an               American               war               hero.
               3.Successful               PoliticianNot               every               military               hero               can               take               the               accolades               received               in               combat               and               turn               them               into               political               capital               sufficient               to               sweep               them               into               public               office.

John               McCain               came               home               from               Vietnam.

He               went               through               a               divorce               and               was               remarried,               retired               from               the               navy               as               a               Captain               and               then               discovered               his               political               calling.

In               1982               he               won               a               seat               as               a               U.

S.

Representative               from               Arizona.

Several               years               later               Barry               Goldwater's               Senate               seat               became               open               and               McCain               made               a               successful               bid.
               What               everyone               should               know               about               John               McCain               is               that               he               took               his               military               training               and               discipline               and               used               it               to               construct               a               political               team               that               won               and               retained               a               seat               in               the               United               States               Senate               for               four               consecutive               terms.

In               1997               Time               magazine               named               John               McCain               as               one               of               the               twenty               five               most               influential               people               in               the               United               Sates.
               4.

What               he               brings               to               the               table.

John               McCain               informally               announced               his               candidacy               for               the               Republican               Party's               presidential               nominee               on               the               David               Letterman               Show.

While               McCain               bowed               out               of               a               rematch               with               sitting               President               George               Bush               in               2004,               with               no               incumbent               in               the               picture               in               2008               it               would               appear               that               McCain               is               in               the               race               for               the               long               haul.

What               everyone               should               know               about               John               McCain               is               what               does               he               bring               to               the               table.
               Among               the               other               candidates               on               both               sides               of               the               aisle               there               are               specifics               that               help               to               make               candidates               stand               out               and               get               noticed.

Barak               Obama               would               be               the               first               bi-racial               candidate               for               president.

Hillary               Clinton               would               be               the               first               woman               and               first               wife               of               a               former               president               to               be               a               nominee.

Rudy               Giuliani               brings               a               reputation               as               America's               Mayor.

What               does               John               McCain               bring?
               McCain               has               distinguished               himself               in               the               Senate               by               working               for               lobbying               and               campaign               finance               reforms.

He               has               also               stood               out               as               one               of               the               few               senators               to               back               President               Bush               surge               policy               in               Iraq.

But               for               McCain               what               followers               seem               to               cling               to,               and               what               everyone               should               know               about               John               McCain,               is               that               he               appears               perhaps               more               than               others               to               be               his               own               man.

His               abrupt               manner,               his               failure               to               court               major               political               interest               groups               in               some               ways               cost               him               money               and               votes.

But               for               many               Americans               what               will               distinguish               John               McCain               is               his               ability               to               come               across               as               independent               from               power               brokers               and               even               to               some               extent               from               his               own               political               party.
               John               McCain               has               the               same               shot               at               the               presidency               in               2008               as               any               of               the               other               major               contenders.

As               always               his               chances               lie               with               the               American               electorate.






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