The way you have bipartisan negotiations, you sit down across the table, as we did with Ted Kennedy, as I've done with many other members, and you say, 'OK, here's what I want, here's what you want. We'll adhere to your principles, but we'll make concessions.'

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In early 2010 a primary challenge from radio talk show host and former U. He then easily won the general election in the heavily Republican district. Early life and military career 1936–1981


Formative years and education
John McCain was born on August 29 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone to naval officer John S.

His war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations. McCain experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer. Bush.