Also known as
  • John Sidney McCain III
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election. McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS ''Forrestal'' fire. Later that year while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, he was shot down, badly injured, and... full article at wikipedia