The Introduction of John Sidney McCain

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and was the presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 United States presidential election.

McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. In October 1967, while on a bombing mission over Hanoi, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture, and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer. His war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations.

He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981, moved to Arizona, and entered politics. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, he served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, winning re-election easily in 1992, 1998, and 2004. While generally adhering to conservative principles, McCain at times has had a media reputation as a maverick for having disagreed with his party. After being investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as a member of the Keating Five, he made campaign finance reform one of his signature concerns, which eventually led to the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act in 2002. He is also known for his work towards restoring diplomatic relations with Vietnam in the 1990s, and for his belief that the war in Iraq should be fought to a successful conclusion. McCain has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee, has opposed spending that he considered to be pork barrel, and played a key role in alleviating a crisis over judicial nominations.

McCain lost his bid for the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush. He ran again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, and gained enough delegates to become the party's presumptive nominee in March 2008. McCain was formally nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in September 2008, together with his chosen running mate from Alaska, Governor Sarah Palin. McCain lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama.

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　　麦凯恩生于美国控制的巴拿马运河区域，父亲和祖父皆曾担任美国海军的上将，麦凯恩在维吉尼亚州的亚历山德里亚圣公会中学和安那波利斯的美国海军学院接受教育。他接着担任海军的飞行员，在越战执行战斗任务，被俘并拘禁了长达五年半的时间，也使他成为全国知名人物。
　　获释回国后，麦凯恩在1982年当选亚利桑那州第一选区的众议员，并在1986年当选参议员。他目前已经连任至第四届参议员任期了。
　　麦凯恩在2000年的总统选举中曾经角逐共和党的提名，但被乔治·沃克·布什所击败。2007年2月28日宣布参加2008年美国总统选举。