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John McCain: Republican candidate for President

The candidate I am profiling is John McCain He is representing the Republican Party. McCain has had many experiences dealing with politics In 1982 when Congressman John Jacob Rhodes retired, John McCain was elected to the U.S. Congress, and he served Arizona's then-first district. March 19, 1985, John McCain declares he is going to run for the U.S. Senate four years after his first Congressional victory. January 6, 1987, he is sworn into office as a member of the U.S. Senate. On November 3, 1992, McCain is re-elected to the United States Senate. June 7, 1997, he assumed chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee. In November 2, 1998, John McCain is re-elected to the United States Senate. During 2000, he runs for the President of the United States but it is unsuccessful. But a result of that he rallying millions of supporters during his campaign aboard the Straight Talk Express. On November 4, 2004, John McCain is re-elected to his fourth term in the United States Senate with over 77 per cent of the vote.

These are John McCain’s views on certain important issues going on in the world.

These are his views on the Iraq War. He supported the War in Iraq but in 2004 he was tired of Donald Rumsfeld taking care of the condition. He said "I think the American people should know the extent of the enemy we are facing." He believes that we need to change something in the defense secretary; he doesn’t care how the republicans think of him he’s still going to push on.

These are his views on Immigration. He made an act with Senator Ted Kennedy called The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, this will let the millions of illegal immigrants to apply for citizenship in the U.S. He also wants to make an additional guest worker program with the choice to have lasting permanent immigration. He disagreed with Proposition 200 [the purpose of this was to stop non-citizens from voting or trying to obtain public benefits]. He was against this because he felt that it was would too expensive and it wouldn't work.- He also said it was important to keep immigrants because the "low-skilled immigrant labor" is needed because no one else would want to do it.

These are his views on national security. He believes we need a strong military, it has to be the best equipped and supported one. We need to expand technoloical edge and he supports the development of missles.

These are his views on education. He believes that if there isn't equal access than there can't be equal opportunity. He also believes that communication with the parents in necessary in success. He also thinks that the schools should compete for the "most effective, character-building teachers" and then we should hire them and give them rewards for their good work.

These are his views on health care. He is against universal health care, In U.K. they have universal health care and a lot of the doctors are going into private practice to get more money as a result people are waiting in lines to get care because they're aren't many public doctors left. His idea to help people afford is giving tax credits of up to $5,000 for families. His overall goal is to improve the competition in health care and as a result have the cost lower. It the end he would let citizens buy heath care nationwide instead of buying it from the companies in their state. He said "In health care, we believe in enhancing the freedom of individuals to receive necessary and desired care. We do not believe in coercion and the use of state power to mandate care, coverage or costs."

These are his views on the economy. He says the tax money will be used sensibly and carefully on actual national importances, it will definitely not be used on "wasteful pet projects and special interest earmarks." He believes this can happen if we end Pork Barrel [it’s a political metaphor used in government and it the governments spending for things that are meant to mostly help certain constituents [representatives] or campaign contributors. He wants to show American’s to see how their money is being spent.

These are his views on taxes. John McCain thinks that if we keep taxes low will be key to stop the tax problem. He knows that tax cuts work best when with lower spending. He also wants to cut the taxes for middle class families and make it harder to higher the taxes. McCain also believes that by investing in this it will begin a change to expense of equipment and technology will also drive to economic growth. Furthermore by keeping the taxes low, it will let the government to increase the economy status.
This is his view on Global Warming. McCain supports the idea of restricting greenhouse gas emissions because he believes that they are causing global warming.
This is his view on nuclear weapons. He doesn't have a major view on nuclear weapons but he did vote yes on getting rid of nuclear weapons.

Biographical Summary
John McCain was born on August 29, 1936, in the Panama Canal Area; He was raised on naval base. His family has a history of people being in the military. He spent 22 years in the navy before he decided to become a congressman [Republican].He has a sister and younger brother. He graduated from Episcopal High School located in Alexandria, Virginia. After he went to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. At that school he took classes on electrical engineering. After graduating he trained to be a naval aviator. One time he almost got killed when he was on an aircraft called Forrestal, thankfully he got out and was fine.

Another time during the Vietnam War on October 26, 1967 the same thing happened except this time he wasn’t so lucky, McCain had to eject from the plane. His arms were both broken, he had a shattered knee, and a broken shoulder. He then he landed in a lake where a Vietnamese man took him out, then a crowd beat him, stabbed him with a bayonet, and took him into custody. Officials found out and because of his father’s high status [admiral] he was offered early release from the prison but he refused because he wanted to follow the American POW code of conduct it says “that prisoners should only accept release in the order in which they were captured”. He was a P.O.W. in the Vietnam War for five and a half years until he was released on March 17, 1973.
During the time in prison he was alone; but he doesn’t want to me recognized for that he wants to be known for what he is accomplishing and doing now.

McCain voted in opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment for women and for using extra money for the Clean Air Act. He became identified as the main fight against pork barrel; he even employed someone to make sure there were no suspicious events happening. Officially on September 27, 1999, he began complaining as a Republican candidate for presidency. He is a strong enforcer on ending steroids or other drugs used to improve the MLB players; as a result there is now a stricter guiding principle. He supported the War in Iraq but in 2004 he was tired of Donald Rumsfeld taking care of the condition. He said "I think the American people should know the extent of the enemy we are facing." He believes that we need to change something in the defense secretary; he doesn’t care how the republicans think of him he’s still going to push on. He announced his candidacy again on April 25th, 2007