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|state=West Virginia

|state=West Virginia

|terms=January 17, 1977 – January 14, 1985

|terms=January 17, 1977 – January 14, 1985

|preceded=Arch A. Moore, Jr.

|preceded=[[Arch Moore|Arch A. Moore, Jr.]]

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|former=y

|succeeded=Arch A. Moore, Jr.

|succeeded=Arch A. Moore, Jr.

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'''John Davison Rockefeller, IV''', known as '''Jay Rockefeller''', born June 18, 1937 (age {{age|1937|6|18}}), is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[West Virginia]]. He is a [[Democrat]] and voted with a majority of his party colleagues ninety-two percent of the time at one point in [[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 also the nephew of former Vice President and New York Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]].  

'''John Davison Rockefeller, IV''', known as '''Jay Rockefeller''' (born June 18, 1937 (age {{age|1937|6|18}}), is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[West Virginia]]. He is a [[Democrat]] and voted with a majority of his party colleagues ninety-two percent of the time at one point in [[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 also 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>

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>

==Retirement==

==Retirement==

On January 11, 2013, Senator Rockefeller announced that he would not seek re-election in 2014.<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/11/democratic-sen-jay-rockefeller-wont-run-for-re-election/</ref>

On January 11, 2013, Senator Rockefeller announced that he would not seek re-election in 2014.<ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/11/democratic-sen-jay-rockefeller-wont-run-for-re-election/</ref>

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