Article: The Story Of His Life.(Campaign 2008; Politics)(Mark Salter)

Byline: Howard Fineman

No adviser is closer to John McCain than Mark Salter, whose prose has shaped how we see the senator. How will the climactic chapter read?

If the need arises and the range is close, Mark Salter will edit John McCain in midsentence. After 19 years at each other's side, neither man gives it a second thought. When a writer for The New Yorker was interviewing them last year about their latest best-selling book, the talk turned to hockey and the Arizona senator's admiration for Wayne Gretzky, who coaches the Phoenix Coyotes. "Wayne Gretzky is one of the all-time best American athletes!" McCain proclaimed. But even before his boss ...

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