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Background
• Republican
• Family
• Navy
• Political offices: – 1982- Congress- Arizona
– 1986- Senate. Now the senior senator from Arizona.
– 2000- ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President
– the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
– serves on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
All of this is an example of his political
leadership and public service
Prisoner of WarJohn McCain lies in a hospital bed in Hanoi, North Vietnam, after being taken prisoner of war.
Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III after his release from captivity in Vietnam.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html
The Iraq War
• Stay in until they can support themselves
• Reconciliation• Creating an ally and a Middle
Eastern peace force• Counter insurgency• Honesty• National security
National Security- Top Priority
Healthcare
Give tax credits to those who want a plan desired to their needs ($ 5,000 to families to buy their own insurance)
Shift the emphasis from insurance provided by employers and bought by individuals, to foster competition and driving down prices
Against universal health care coverage
Wants to help lower income families afford their premiums
Source: http://www.poligazette.com/2008/04/30/john-mccains-health-care-plan/
Education“I’m John McCain and I want YOU to
be smarter!”
Quality: teachers, salaries, virtues
“Good teachers should earn more than bad lawyers”
T h e E c o n o m y
-We can not pass millions of dollars of debt to our children!
-Reduce SPENDING,
increase EFFICIENCY
-Economic strength military strength! John McCain wants
YOU to be safe!
TaxesTough Times!
No tax wastes!
McCain’s model: Reagan! His tax cuts matched spending cuts
More tax exemption for dependents (that means YOU!)
The enviromentoClimate Change:
oCap-and-Trade systemoEnergy Independence
oWildlifeoIncrease ability to huntoHabitat protection
Nuclear weaponso Supporter of Missile defensesoReduce nuclear stockpile and counter Bush’s push for a second generation of Nuclear weapons
Here’s the other fact websites: http://www.factcheck.org/,http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/personalities/john-mccain/?gclid=COPG4KiFmpYCFQIfswodinbJ6gAnd John McCain. Comhttp://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/
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