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Article: Reinventing John McCain.
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- April 23, 2007
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Can John McCain become the new "Comeback Kid"? At 70 years old, he seems an unlikely candidate for the moniker, which Bill Clinton famously gave himself in the 1992 campaign. But McCain and his strategists argue that the old soldier is again on the march and will gradually surge back into serious contention for the Republican presidential nomination.
Their battle plan is in place. First came McCain's long-awaited speech on Iraq last week, in which he argued that the war must be won and that U.S. troops are making more progress than Americans realize. The intended message was clear-that the former POW is a strong leader who doesn't sway with the polls. This week, he gives a ...