PORTRAITS:
OVERVIEW:
BORN:
August 29, 1936 (Panama Canal Zone)
EDUCATION:
U.S. Naval Academy (1958)
National War College (1973)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1958-1981:
U.S. Navy
1967-1973:
Prisoner of War in Vietnam
1983-1987:
U.S. House of Representatives
1987-2018
U.S. Senate
Chair, Committee on Indian Affairs
Chair, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Chair, Committee on Armed Services
2000:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Presidential Nomination
2008:
Republican Nominee for U.S. President
DIED:
August 25, 2018 (81); Cornville, Arizona
OBITUARIES:
Washington Post (Obituary, Analysis, Analysis, Tributes)
New York Times (Obituary, Analysis, Editorial)
Wall Street Journal (Obituary)
Politico (Obituary)
Arizona Republic (Obituary, Coverage)
Rolling Stone
The Economist
The Guardian
National Public Radio
RESOURCES:
Official Biography
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
Senate Web Site
Memorial Web Site
MEDIA COVERAGE:
McCain’s Party (New Yorker, 5/30/2005)
One of Us (Esquire, 8/2006)
On the Bus (New Yorker, 2/25/2008
The War of John McCain (The Atlantic, 10/2008)
The Fall (New Yorker, 11/17/2008)
The Man Who Never Was (Vanity Fair, 10/31/2010)
How John McCain Turned His Clichés Into Meaning (NYT, 12/18/2013)
Cancer Diagnosis, 7/20/2017 (NYT, WP, WSJ)
Health Care Vote, 7/28/2017 (NYT, WP, Politico)