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Article: McCain may help tip race for Durkin But Arizona senator says he knows he's backing a long shot
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 15, 2002
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John McCain, who may well be the most respected member of the U.S.
Senate, is also a genuine independent.
That's why his intervention in the Illinois race for the U.S.
Senate could have an impact on the outcome. According to the 2002
Almanac of American Politics, McCain "is the closest thing American
politics has to a national hero, a presidential candidate in 2000 who
was admired by voters of both parties."
McCain, an Arizona Republican and decorated Navy fighter pilot,
won Michigan's presidential primary with Democratic and independent
crossover votes. In the April 29 edition of the New Republic, a
liberal magazine that supported Al Gore in 2000, senior editor
Jonathan Chait touted McCain ...