Mr. Fish – McCain’s Campaign Promise

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McCain Marches to the Right

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2006 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued his Jekyll and Hyde routine Sunday on "ABC This Week," contradicting his once moderate positions with pre-campaign right-wing pandering. McCain said he would like to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, and noted his plan to send more troops to Iraq would "put a terrible strain on the Army," but said it would be better than losing the war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain: Overlook My Poor Judgment

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 On "Meet the Press," John McCain asked Americans to ignore the fact that he predicted last December that the situation in Iraq would improve by now. He then asked Americans to trust his judgment that more troops should be sent to Iraq. Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Gears Up to Run

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2006 Though he hasn't made any official announcement, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to launch a presidential exploratory committee -- the first step toward running for the highest office in the land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not So Straight Talk

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2006 Media Matters pokes holes in John McCain's image with this list of the "straight-talker's" flip-flops and equivocations. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

McCain Wants More Troops in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 To all of you harboring warm, squishy feelings left over from McCain's 2000 presidential run, keep in mind that the Arizona senator is an unabashed hawk on Iraq. (Watch it) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Campaign Finance Effort Resumes, Without McCain

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 The Arizona senator has withdrawn his co-sponsorship of a public financing bill that he and Sen. Russ Feingold (along with two House reps) had long championed. People close to the situation say McCain dropped his support because he is likely to run for president and may end up not abiding by public financing rules. We've known for some time that McCain has been doing all sorts of unseemly things in an attempt to lock up the nomination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart Straight-Talks McCain on Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2006 The "Daily Show" host tells the Arizona senator, "President Bush has been very clear that through his leadership, he made the world safer My question to you is this: How much safer can we afford to have him make us?" When McCain wouldn't answer straight, Stewart chided him, saying, "Don't dodge the question" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain’s New Bosom Buddies: First Falwell, Now Bush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2006 In his likely bid for the White House, John McCain has not only embraced Jerry Falwell, the man he once called an "agent of intolerance," but he's now getting buddy-buddy with the man whose campaign spread a malicious rumor during the 2000 race that McCain had fathered an illegitimate child. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jean Rohe Tells Olbermann About Her McCain K.O.

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2006 Our Truthdigger of the Week goes on MSNBC to share her story of standing up to Sen. John McCain. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Jean Rohe

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2006 Truthdig salutes New School University graduating senior Jean Rohe, whose commencement speech at Madison Square Garden on Friday preemptively struck against the address that Sen. John McCain was due to deliver directly after her.Click here for links to the speech, biographical information on Rohe, and the instantly infamous response by one of McCain's staffers in which he insulted Rohe's graduating class and called her an "idiot" in print.UPDATE: Rohe responds to the McCain staffer: "Please don't try to bully me anymore." UPDATE #2: Rohe goes on MSNBC. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Student Tells Why She Ripped McCain as He Listened

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2006 Jean Rohe, the graduating senior at the New School University who spoke just before John McCain's commencement speech explains why she "tore McCain's speech apart before he even opened his mouth." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )