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Article: Pedal to the Metal; The Philosophy That Drives Sen. John McCain
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 12, 2004
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John McCain drives like he lives: with conviction, impatience and
a willingness to cross dividing lines.
"JOHN, A TRUCK!" an aide yells from the back seat.
"I see it, I see it," says McCain, veering right, just missing the
truck.
"Joe, you're a little jerk," McCain tells the aide. He means this
lovingly.
McCain is the rare senator who drives during the workday. Other
senators take a back seat -- the better to read and make calls.
McCain reads and calls, too, but it doesn't preclude driving. Or
admiring tulips, adjusting his sunglasses or talking with his hands
about how the Senate is "literally doing nothing these days" and "is
in total gridlock."
And now -- metaphor coming -- McCain ...