| Line 106: |
Line 106: |
| | McCain began the race as the presumptive front runner and the most formidable of either party, based on his longevity in the Senate and his previous race in 2000. McCain informally stated he would be a candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 28, 2007, and officially announced his candidacy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, two months later. By a few weeks prior to making his announcement on Letterman, he was beginning to trail behind former Mayor of [[New York City]] [[Rudy Giuliani]] in the polls. McCain supported the 2007 proposal by President George W. Bush for a "surge", an increase in the number of U.S. troops deployed in the Iraq War. He started a series of campaign events entitled the "No Surrender Tour." His campaign became far more prominent with his wins in the New Hampshire primary and on Super Tuesday, and since [[Mitt Romney]] endorsed him was considered a virtual certainty to win the nomination. He finally reached the 1,191 delegates to win the nomination on the Super Tuesday II contests on March 4th. Current polling shows Senator McCain ahead of both Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] in head-to-head match ups. | | McCain began the race as the presumptive front runner and the most formidable of either party, based on his longevity in the Senate and his previous race in 2000. McCain informally stated he would be a candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 28, 2007, and officially announced his candidacy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, two months later. By a few weeks prior to making his announcement on Letterman, he was beginning to trail behind former Mayor of [[New York City]] [[Rudy Giuliani]] in the polls. McCain supported the 2007 proposal by President George W. Bush for a "surge", an increase in the number of U.S. troops deployed in the Iraq War. He started a series of campaign events entitled the "No Surrender Tour." His campaign became far more prominent with his wins in the New Hampshire primary and on Super Tuesday, and since [[Mitt Romney]] endorsed him was considered a virtual certainty to win the nomination. He finally reached the 1,191 delegates to win the nomination on the Super Tuesday II contests on March 4th. Current polling shows Senator McCain ahead of both Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] in head-to-head match ups. |
| | | | |
| − | McCain has been criticized by John Kerry and Ted Kennedy as being a Republican Only in Name; see [[RINO]].{{fact}} | + | McCain has been criticized by John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and the Obama-Daley machine as being a Republican Only in Name; see [[RINO]].{{fact}} |
| | | | |
| | == Fundraising in 2007 == | | == Fundraising in 2007 == |
| Line 143: |
Line 143: |
| | ==Personal life== | | ==Personal life== |
| | [[Image:Cindy McCain.jpg|thumb|Cindy McCain]] | | [[Image:Cindy McCain.jpg|thumb|Cindy McCain]] |
| − | McCain has been married twice. His first marriage, to Carol Shepp, ended in [[divorce]] in 1980. McCain returned from Vietnam to find that Carol had been disfigured in an auto accident. Ross Perot, at the time offering philanthropic assistance for POWs and their families, paid for Carol's treatment during McCain's imprisonment. Upon returning home, McCain began cheating on Carol. Carol dismissed the actions as the effects of his imprisonment and he disfigurement. After meeting Cindy Lou Hensley, McCain obtained a divorce from Carol in exchange for paying Carol's medical bills during her lifetime. Carol continues to defend McCain during his elections and has never unfavorably spoken of him.<ref>http://www.usvetdsp.com/mcaindiv.htm</ref><ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html</ref> | + | McCain has been married twice. His first marriage, to Carol Shepp, ended in [[divorce]] in 1980. His second and current wife is Cindy Lou Hensley. |
| − | | |
| − | McCain's second and current wife is Cindy Lou Hensley.
| |
| | | | |
| | His son John Sidney IV is a Midshipman at the [[United States Naval Academy]], Annapolis, and his son James is a non-commissioned officer in the [[United States Marine Corps]], who is serving in [[Iraq]] as part of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. | | His son John Sidney IV is a Midshipman at the [[United States Naval Academy]], Annapolis, and his son James is a non-commissioned officer in the [[United States Marine Corps]], who is serving in [[Iraq]] as part of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. |