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Article: The Gospel of Chaplain John.(Campaign 2008; POLITICS)(John McCain)
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- September 8, 2008
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McCain has often shown a stubborn sense of decency that should appeal broadly.
When John McCain was chosen as one of three chaplains during his Vietnam captivity, it seemed slightly ridiculous, especially to him. He had been a wild child at the Naval Academy and was prone to defying his captors by "uplifting his center finger" and uttering "the oath that is commonly associated with that gesture," as one observer has delicately related.
"I would like to tell you that I was selected to be room chaplain because I had an abundance of religiosity," McCain explained in an interview last year with Beliefnet. He was chosen instead because he had attended an ...
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