WashPost: “McCain is only veteran among leading presidential hopefuls”.
On Friday, August 23, the Washington Post published an article titled, “2008: The Year of the Civilian: McCain Is Only Veteran Among Leading Presidential Hopefuls”. Here are the excerpts, in which Senator McCain is mentioned:
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 24, 2007; Page A03
As some of the leading presidential candidates trooped before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City this week, there was one thing largely missing at the lectern — veterans of foreign wars.
With the exception of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), none of the front-running White House contenders served in the military…
… McCain, the Vietnam hero and prisoner of war, naturally argues that his service helped prepare him to lead in a time of war. “Clearly, voters will take life experience into consideration when electing our next president,” said spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan. “John McCain’s record of service and sacrifice makes him uniquely qualified — more than anyone else running on either side — to lead as commander in chief from Day One.”
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