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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: brushwud who wrote (20871)5/9/2008 5:05:05 AM
From: manalagi  Read Replies (2) of 149317
 
And I don't think his father was an admiral when McCain was a midshipman.

DismalScientist is correct. McCain comes from a privileged family. Here are the facts:

"McCain's grandfather and father were the first pair of father/son Four-Star admirals in the United States Navy. McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying attack aircraft from carriers. During the Vietnam War in 1967, he narrowly escaped death in the Forrestal fire. On his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam later in 1967, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. He spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war, including periods of torture before he was released in accordance with the Paris Peace Accords in 1973."

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