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What Is The Cause Of The Democratic Nominee?

By California Yankee Posted in 2008 | John McCain — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Senator McCain, the Republican Presidential nominee to be, is on a biography tour. He will travel through five states that he says were part of his "formative experiences," and reintroduce himself to voters.

As the biography tour began the campaign released the following web ad "Character Forged by Family:"

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Speaking in Meridian, Mississippi, McCain focused on childhood memories and how his upbringing and his family's military history shaped his views for the future:

McCain said his family instilled in him the values of duty, honor and sacrifice at an early age.

"The family I was born into -- the family I am blessed with now -- made me the man I am," he said.

McCain also paid respect to his father and grandfather, both of whom were four-star admirals.

"They were my first heroes, and their respect for me has been one of the most lasting ambitions of my life," McCain said. "They gave their lives to their country, and taught me lessons about honor, courage, duty, perseverance and leadership that I didn't fully grasp until later in life, but remembered when I needed them most."

Contrast McCain's campaign to the negative "knife fight" being waged between Hillary and Obama to be the nominee of a Democratic Party that is no longer willing to "pay any price, bear any burden.