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Line 1: − {{Officeholder+ − |name=John D. "Jay" Rockefeller − |image=Rockefeller.jpg − |party=[[Democrat]] − |spouse=[[Sharon Percy Rockefeller]] − |religion=[[Presbyterian]] − |offices= − {{Officeholder/senator − |state=West Virginia − |terms=January 15, 1985-Present − |preceded=Jennings Randolph − |former=n − |succeeded= − }} − {{Officeholder/governor − |number=29th − |state=West Virginia − |terms=January 17, 1977 – January 14, 1985 − |preceded=Arch A. Moore, Jr. − |former=y − |succeeded=Arch A. Moore, Jr. − }} − {{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet) − |of=State − |state=West Virginia − |number=22nd − |deputy=n − |governor=Arch A. Moore, Jr. − |terms=1968-1972 − |preceded=Robert D. Bailey, Jr. − |former=y − |succeeded=Edgar F. Heiskell, III − }} − }} − − − '''John Davison Rockefeller IV''', known as '''Jay Rockefeller''', born June 18, 1937 (age {{age|1937|6|18}}), is a [[United States Senator]] from [[West Virginia]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party]] and has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues ninety-two percent of the time in this current [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000361/</ref> He is the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, the grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the son of John D. Rockefeller III. He is the nephew of former Vice President and New York Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]]. − − In an April 2008 interview, he attacked former prisoner-of-war [[John McCain]]'s service as a [[United States Navy|Naval]] aviator. He told the ''Charleston Gazette'', "McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."<ref>http://wvgazette.com/News/200804070734</ref> Despite Rockefeller's claims, laser-guided missiles did not come into service until after Senator McCain became a prisoner-of-war and McCain was engaged in a low-level attack on a heavily defended power plant in [[Hanoi]] when he was shot down. In fact, he was never at a distance of 35,000 feet during his combat missions. It must also be noted that John McCain was not a fighter pilot. Contrary to Rockefeller's ignorance about the [[United States Military|U.S. military]], fighter pilots do not engage in bombing; they are responsible for protecting [[bomber]]s. They generally engage other aircraft and most of their targets are air-to-air. Rockefeller later apologized for the comment, saying he had made an "inaccurate and wrong analogy" and regretted his "very poor choice of words".<ref>http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_099204606.html</ref> − − == Iraq Comments == − − Rockerfeller made a public statement about Saddam's Iraq in 2002. − "There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ..... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002 − − Once Saddam was overthrown, many Democrats changed their position on the war. Senator Jay Rockefeller said, "It is my belief that the Bush administration was fixated on Iraq... The committee has concluded that the administration made significant claims that were not supported by the intelligence."<ref>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/OPINION04/807040353 , DesMoinesRegister Anti-Bush moves deserve attention, July 4, 2008</ref> − − ==References== − − − ==Links== − *[http://rockefeller.senate.gov/ U.S. Senate site] − *[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/John_Rockefeller.htm Issue positions and quotes] at On the Issues − *[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/john_d_iv_rockefeller/index.html Senator Jay Rockefeller News] at the New York Times − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Rockerfeller, Jay}} − − [[Category: United States Senators]] − [[Category: 110th United States Congress]] − [[Category:111th United States Congress]] − [[Category:112th United States Congress]] − [[Category:113th United States Congress]] − [[Category: Democratic Party]] − [[Category:West Virginia]]
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