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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 30 > Allure of Senate drew McCain from the Navy

Allure of Senate drew McCain from the Navy

By David D. Kirkpatrick / The Bulletin
May 30, 2008

WASHINGTON — At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Navy Secretary John Lehman told Capt. John McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: selection for admiral.

But McCain, the son and grandson of revered Navy admirals, was having second thoughts about....

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