APWith “Super Tuesday” coming up on Feb. 5, all eyes are on the seven remaining candidates still in the 2008 presidential election.
John McCain, 71, is one of them, back in the race again after losing to George W. Bush in 2000.
Known as a “maverick” among political pundits, McCain challenges not only his party, but Beltway norms as well. He in the past voted twice against George W. Bush’s tax cuts, was one out of four Republicans to vote against the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and was the only Republican to vote against the Freedom to Farm Act in 1996.
Hoping to have more success this year than in 2000, McCain is making another run at the presidency. McCain’s familiarity
