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John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
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I spent several years in a north Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?
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That's give [Donald Trump] so much attention. And it's so funny. There actually have conflicting opinions on women in combat, in the military. So they have all the issues that stake. I'm more concerned with the VA than anything else.
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It seems to me that President Carter has earned his place as if not the worst president in history, the worst president of the 20th Century.
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The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.
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But I also want to change the dynamics of this debate, which has kept us gridlocked into positions which caused people to shoot at abortion clinics and other Americans to view it as the only issue in American politics, ... There are areas we can agree on. ... We need to work together to eliminate abortion.
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How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory?
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The benefit of an open town hall meeting is one that you get to hear a lot of different views, and two it has credibility.
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Let me say that no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.
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I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view.
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On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government.
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We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.
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It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?
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Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic ... And I bet you they're illegal.
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I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment.
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It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history.
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Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.
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[While] the primary responsibility, as we all acknowledge, (falls) with the family, ... Our homes, our families, our children's minds are being flooded by a tide of violence.
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Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore.
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I think where [Donald Trump] loses most hawkish republicans is when he talking about how much he likes [Vladimir] Putin. That should make any person who believe in the American exceptionalism, incredibly uncomfortable.
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I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.
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