Analysis: McCain's option is rebel roots
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John McCain, the rebel Republican hopeful of 2000, tried to become the establishment candidate for 2008 &#151; and it didn't work. Now he's trying to return to his roots. He has little choice; his stand-up reputation, deft campaign trail skills and a vastly unsettled GOP field are about all he has going for him.
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The primary created to keep insurgents from winning the nomination is poised to do it again. That's bad news for John McCain, and music to Mike Huckabee's ears
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YES, YOU KNOW THAT JOHN MCCAIN IS A SENATOR FROM ARIZONA AND THAT HE WAS HELD PRISONER IN THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW . . .
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Republican John McCain can claim the most eclectic overseas portfolio among presidential candidates: He has ties to a Cambodian reality TV show, a Bolivian law-and-order guide and rock concerts in the former Soviet Union.
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Rasmussen Reports - Senator John McCain (R) has regained a bit of lost ground in the Election 2008 sweepstakes.
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Senator John McCainâs campaign may be paying the price for a career of positions alienating traditional big donors.
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John McCain was a straight-talking upstart in the 2000 presidential election. Now he's poised to be the G.O.P. favorite for 2008, but at what cost?
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John McCain was a straight-talking upstart in the 2000 presidential election. Now he's poised to be the G.O.P. favorite for 2008, But at what cost?
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Senator John McCain wants to maintain his role as an independent-minded candidate, but at the same time he must mend the rifts within his own party.
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Republican John McCain is trying to ease long-standing distrust among the party's powerful conservatives, not only for the presidential primary against Mitt Romney but for the likely general election race against a Democrat.
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Sen. John McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing issue &#151; steroids in baseball &#151; and generated talk of a presidential bid in 2008.
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Republican John McCain will soar or sink in New Hampshire, his best shot at reviving a presidential campaign that went belly up last summer. McCain's fate is in the hands of independent voters, who helped McCain win New Hampshire when he ran against George W. Bush in 2000.
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Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government. The Democrats, he says, offer neither.
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Likely Republican presidential nominee John McCain faces a tough decision once he secures his party's nod: what role will the unpopular President George W. Bush play in his White House bid.
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To forgive is divine. To forget may be asking too much of religious conservatives when it comes to Sen. John McCain.
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Sen. John McCain has a message for other Republican presidential candidates: Opposing an immigration bill for political gain will only worsen the problems of undocumented immigrants and an unsecured border.
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In a state where independent voters are prized, a small but potent group are deciding between two politically divergent candidates: Barack Obama and John McCain