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In 1999 John McCain composed one of the very most acclaimed and best-selling memoirs of the 10 years, Faith of My Fathers. That reserve finished in 1972, with McCain's release from imprisonment in Vietnam. This is the leftovers of his report, about his great American voyage from the US Navy to his electrifying run for the presidency, interwoven with heartfelt portraits of the mavericks who've inspired him over time - Ted Williams, Theodore Roosevelt, visionary aviation proponent Billy Mitchell, Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!, and, most indelibly, Robert Jordan. It had been Jordan, Hemingway's protagonist in For Whom the Bell Tolls, who confirmed McCain the ideals of heroism and sacrifice, stoicism and redemption, and why certain causes, despite the costs, are... Worthy of the Fighting with each other For. After five and a half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, naval aviator John McCain returned home a changed man. Regaining his health insurance and flight-eligibility status, he resumed his military profession, commanding carrier pilots and offering as the navy's liaison to what may also be ironically called the world's most exclusive team, the United States Senate. Accompanying Senators John Tower and Henry "Scoop" Jackson on international vacations, McCain started his political education in the company of two masters, leaders whose standards he'd strive to maintain after his election to the US Congress. There he learned valuable lessons in assistance from a good-humored congressman from the other party, Morris Udall. In 1986 McCain was elected to the US Senate, inheriting the seats of another role model, Barry Goldwater. During his time in open public office, McCain has seen functions of rule and functions of craven self-interest. He explains both extremes in this music, with his characteristic straight talk and laughter. He writes honestly of the cheapest point in his profession, the Keating Five savings and loan debacle, as well as his triumphant moments - his go back to Vietnam and his initiatives to normalize relationships between the US and Vietnamese government authorities; his deal with for campaign financing reform; and his galvanizing bet for the presidency in 2000. Writes McCain, "A rebel with out a cause is merely a punk. Whatever you're called - rebel, unorthodox, nonconformist, radical - it's all self-indulgence with out a good cause to give your life meaning." This is the report of McCain's causes, the individuals who made him do it, and the meaning he found. Worthy of the Fighting with each other For reminds us of what's best in America and in ourselves.
