Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te 2004 US pōtitanga peresideniraa, i whakahuatia McCain ano pinepine hoki te mokamoka vice-peresideniraa, anake tenei wa rite te wahi o te "Democratic" tīkiti i raro i te kaitono John Kerry. Kua tata a Kerry me McCain mai i ta raua mahi i nga tau moata o te 1990 &lt;a href="Senate%20Select%20Committee%20on%20POW/MIA%20Affairs"&gt;Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs&lt;/a&gt;, a ko te hononga i kitea he tino ataahua ki nga kaipōti motuhake, me nga pooti e whakaatu ana i te whakaaro. I puta a McCain ki te tuwhera i taua mea i roto i te uiuinga o Maehe 2004, engari ko tana kaimahi i whakakahore i etahi haora i muri mai. I roto i te Pipiri 2004, i korerotia e Kerry i mōhiohio i whakaekea te mokamoka ki McCain maha nga wa, engari kua paopao McCain, ranei i runga i te take e e kia kore e taea, me te whakapakeke i te peresideni ranei e te vice-peresideni puritia kahore he karanga mo ia ranei e whakaaro ia Bush ko te peresideni pai atu i Kerry e kia. I whakakahoretia e te tari o McCain he tono mo te perehitini tuarua. I te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa i te tau 2004
, I tautoko a McCain i a Bush mo te pooti ano, i whakamoemiti ki te whakahaere a Bush i te Pakanga ki te Whakamataku mai i nga whakaeke o te Mahuru 11. I te wā kotahi,