John McCain

birth

John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and Roberta Wright McCain.

death

On August 24, 2018, McCain’s family announced that he would no longer receive treatment for his cancer. He died the following day at his home in Cornville, Arizona.

defeat

November 4 – 2008 United States presidential election: Democratic U.S. Senator Barack Obama defeats Republican candidate John McCain and is elected the 44th President of the United States, making him the first African-American to be elected to the office.

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service

I honor — we honor — the service of John McCain, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine. My differences with him are not personal; they are with the policies he has proposed in this campaign. Barack Obama, speech following the Minnesota primary (3 June 2008)

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Wikipedia

John McCain (Wikipedia) John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the Republican Party’s nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.