John McCain, US Senator from Airzona has launched his bid to enter the race to become the Republican candidate for the 2008 election. McCain, a veteran of the Vietnam war lost a previous bid for his party's nomination in 2000, losing out to current president George W. Bush. McCain is known for his strong positions on the Iraq war and is an advocate for sending more troops in. Despite his strong views on the war, he has had a few very vocalized differences with the current Bush administration. If McCain is elected, he will become the eldest president of all time.
One significant drawback in McCain's run for presidency could be the skirmishes that he has had with the current Bush administration. His take on Donald Rumsfeld has already become infamous and it is not likely that this will make him popular with the very right-wing Republicans in the US at this point in time. McCain is also quite a bit older than any other presidential candidate, and will be 72 by the time he would be elected. Luckily McCain survived as a POW in Vietnam, and this could romanticize any views that voters have of him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5006788.stm#giuliani
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