John McCain

John McCain was born on August 29th, 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone. He graduated in 1958 from the US Naval Academy. After jioning the Navy he served for about 20 years. For five of those years he was as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and in 1999 he writes a book called Faith of My Fathers which explains some of the troubles he faced during that time. After leaving the Navy in 1941, he became involved with Congress and was elected. In the year 1986 he became the Senator of Arizona which he still is to this day. Currently he lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife Cindy and his seven children. This year he ran for President of the United States with vice presidentail candidate Sarah Palin. While working together McCain and Palin have promised to bring significant change to America and its citizen. They plan on doing this by reforming Washington, cutting taxes, and improving the economy.