McCain, POW part 145

A long article in The New Republic about how John McCain became John McCain (answer: Cindy McCain) contains this little ditty from his inaugural run for Congress in the 70s: McCain's first television advertisement ended with him saying the following, "I can tell you, if you go for six years without being able to see the sunset or the sunrise, like I did, you can truly appreciate the beauty of what we have [in Arizona]."

Wednesday, August 27, 2008