John McCain

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John McCain

• By Ben Newton and Ben Stephens

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Early life

• McCain was born on August 29, 1936 in Panama at
  the Coco Solo Air Base in the then
  American-controlled Panama Canal Zone to Admiral
  John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. and Roberta Wright
  McCain.
• McCains father and grandfather were both United
  States Navy admiral, and were in fact the first
  father-son pair to achieve four-star admiral
  rank.
• McCain was also an light weight boxer for 3 years
  
• His favorite subjects in school that he also did
  well were English, literature, history , and
  government.
• He Graduated Annapolis 1958

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Navy Days

• 2 ½ years as an Naval aviator in training
• During his Naval carrier he was considered a
  party animal he also drove a corvette and dated
  exotic dancer named Marie the flame of Florida.
• He graduated from flight school in 1960 and
  became a Naval pilot.
• In 1967 he participated in Operation Rolling
  Thunder in the Vietnam war.
• October 26 1967 McCain was shot down and captured
  by the Vietnamese
• He returned to the United States in May 24, 1973
• He retired from the Navy in 1981 as a captain

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Family

• July 3, 1965 McCain married Carol Shepp and he
  adopted her two children Doug and Andy. Later had
  a daughter named Sidney
• 1979- He fell in Love with Cindy Lou Hensley
• 1980- He divorced his wife Carol, and married
  Cindy in May 17
• He worked for his father-in-law in his large
  Anheuser-Busch distribution center
• 1984-Cindy gave birth to their first child Meghan
• 1986-had a son named John Sidney IV (Jack)
• 1988-had another son named James
• 1991-they adopted a little girl from Bangladeshi
• He and his family are Southern Baptists

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Political Career

• 1977- McCain became the Navys Liaison to the
  Senate
• Senator John Tower (R, TX) was his inspiration
• He ran for the United States congressman of
  Arizona 1982 ands won
• 1983- was elected president freshmen class of
  representatives, he was assigned to the committee
  of interior affairs where he sponsored several
  Indian bills
• 1986-he ran for U.S. senator of Arizona and won
• 1987- became member of the Senate Armed Service
  Committee, Commerce Committee, and Indian Affairs
  Committee
• In 1993 McCain was named chairman or the board of
  directors of the international Republican
  institute.
• 2008- he announced his run of the United States
  President

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Stances on Taxes

• The following should be taxed much less Family
  income less than 150,000, capital gains,
  inheritance taxes.
• The following should be taxed somewhat less
  corporate taxes, gasoline taxes
• The following tax deductions/credit should be
  increased child tax credit, earned income tax
  credit, medical expense deduction
• A married couple filing jointly should pay the
  same taxes as if they were an unmarried couple
  filing separately.
• Does not support permanent repeal of the federal
  estate tax, or eliminating taxes on dividends
  paid to individual investors.

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Stance on Abortion

• He believes that abortion is acceptable when the
  pregnancy resulted from incest or rape, and when
  the life of the woman is endangered
• He does not support partial birth abortion
• He believes Abortion clinics should be publicly
  funded

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Stance on Gays

• He believes in allowing gays to have civil unions
  but marriage is only legal between a man and a
  woman

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Stances on Gun Control

• Believes we should maintain and strengthen the
  current level of enforcement of existing federal
  restrictions on the purchase and possession of
  guns.
• Supports the right of citizens to carry concealed
  guns.
• Supports the requirement that manufacturers
  provide child-safety locks on guns.
• Supports background checks on gun sales between
  private citizens at gun shows.
• Supports legislation that would protect
  manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and
  importers of firearms from civil lawsuits by
  crime victims.

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Stances on Education

• Supports national standards for and testing of
  public school students.
• Supports the use of vouchers (equal opportunity
  scholarships) to send children to any public,
  private, or religious school.
• Supports funding to establish charter schools.
• Supports an increase in funding for block grants
  to states to aid in the hiring of additional
  teachers.
• Supports teacher testing and reward teachers with
  merit pay.
• Supports increases in funding for school capital
  improvements (e.g. buildings, infrastructure,
  technology).
• Supports increased funding of programs such as
  Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students
  pay for college.
• Supports federal tax incentives to help families
  save for college.

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Stances on Crime and Death penalty

• Supports the death penalty for federal crimes.
• Supports programs to provide prison inmates with
  vocational and job-related skills and
  job-placement assistance when released
• Supports "truth in sentencing" for violent
  criminals so they serve full
• Supports programs to help prison inmates with
  drug and alcohol addictions
• Supports additional penalties if pregnant woman
  is killed
• Minors should be prosecuted as adults

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Stances on the environment

• Believes that we should strengthen the regulation
  and enforcement of the Clean Water Act and Clean
  Air Act.
• States should compensate citizens when
  environmental regulations limit uses of
  privately-owned land.
• Believes that we should strengthen emission
  controls and fuel efficiency standards on all
  gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including
  cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
  Encourages further development and use of
  alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
• Supports the use of ethanol as an alternative
  fuel.
• Supports the U.S. re-entering the Kyoto treaty
  process to limit global warming.
• Supports Healthy Forests legislation encouraging
  thinning in areas where communities exist near
  forests.

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Stances on Social Security

• Workers should be allowed to invest a portion of
  their payroll tax in private accounts which they
  manage themselves.

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Stances on Health Issues

• Supports a Patient's Bill of Rights, including
  appeal mechanisms when claims are denied, and the
  right to sue when claims are denied.
• Supports expanded eligibility for tax-free
  medical savings accounts.
• In favor of limits on the amount of punitive
  damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
• Supports expanded prescription drug coverage
  under Medicare.
• Supports tax credits to individuals and small
  businesses to offset the cost of insurance
  coverage.

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Stances on Immigration

• Supports an increase in the number of visas
  issued for agricultural workers.
• Would relax restrictions barring legal immigrants
  from using social programs public housing, food
  stamps.
• Supports immigration reform allowing willing
  employers employees to connect, while
  protecting American jobs securing our borders.

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Stances on National Security

• Supports using military tribunals to try
  suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian
  courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical.
• The United States should adopt stricter rules for
  student visa applications from nations known to
  sponsor terrorism.
• The United States should not grant law
  enforcement agencies greater discretion to read
  mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random
  searches to prevent future terrorist attacks.
• The United States should hold foreign states
  accountable for terrorists who operate in their
  country.
• The federal government should increase funding to
  states and cities for homeland security.
• Supports a policy of pre-emptive strikes against
  countries deemed to be a threat to national
  security, evaluated on a case by case basis
  depending on the severity of the threat.

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Stances on Economy

• We should spend more money on defense,
  education, homeland security, medical research,
  national parks
• We should spend less money on arts, space
  exploration programs
• We are spending about the right amount on
  environment, international aid, law enforcement,
  public health services, scientific research,
  transportation and highways, welfare

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Campaign Money

• John McCain has raised a grand total of 32, 124,
  785 as of September 30, 2007
• He has spent 28, 636, 157 as of September 30,
  2007, leaving him 3,488,628

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Supporters

• GENERAL CHAIRMAN Robert Mosbacher Former U.S.
  Secretary of Commerce, TexasGENERAL
  CO-CHAIRMEN Phil Gramm Former Senator, Texas
• Thomas G. LoefflerFormer U.S. Representative,
  Texas Lindsey GrahamU.S. Senator, South
  Carolina Sam BrownbackU.S. Senator, Kansas Jon
  HuntsmanGovernor, Utah Tim PawlentyGovernor,
  Minnesota

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Delegates and Standing

• 15 Delegates
• He is 3rd in standings (behind Romney, and
  Huckabee)

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Personally

• Ben Stephens McCain is definitely a political
  powerhouse. He agrees with most of my views and
  stances on the major issues. BUT! Im kind of
  concerned with his looks. Fox News has made a
  new factor that can get a candidate elected and
  it was looks. Many of the younger voters
  (including me) are looking for a candidate that
  doesnt seem to be worn down like Huckabee. But
  I feel the war-torn looks of McCain speak for a
  strong being who will definitely aid the United
  States. (overall I would strongly consider
  voting for him but still undecided)
• Ben Newton McCain has great values and I do
  agree with a lot of what he stands for. I do
  support many of his positions he is definitely
  one of the people that I am looking at voting
  for. But still I am undecided between him and
  Huckabee. But overall he is a great candidate for
  president.

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