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Article: The Real McCain.(John McCain)
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- The American Prospect
- Article date:
- January 17, 2000
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SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE REAL STEVE FORBES
There is another side to John McCain. (And no, it's not the volcanically unstable side alleged by GOP whispering campaigns.) Although I best known for his heroism as a POW in North Vietnam and for his forthright stands on foreign and military policy--and rightly celebrated for backing campaign finance reform and anti-tobacco legislation--since December 1996, McCain has also been chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The committee is an important one, overseeing, among other things, telecommunications; television and radio; the Internet; aviation; railroad and highway ...