John McCain dies at 81: War hero, father and 大統領の 候補者 had been fighting 積極的な brain 癌 since last summer - and leaves behind a proud 遺産／遺物 of public service

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共和国の／共和党の Sen. John McCain of Arizona spent １０年間s in 議会 and was known as a bit of a 無所属の政治家 保守的な

Sen. John McCain, who spent more than five years as a 囚人 of war in Vietnam and later 献身的な his life to public service ? 結局 running for 大統領，／社長 ? has died. He was 81 years old.

John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936 in the パナマ Canal Zone, the second of three children born to John Sr and Roberta McCain. It was a 尊敬（する）・点d 軍の family with やめる a 遺産／遺物; both Sen. McCain’s father and grandfather served as four-星／主役にする 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 海軍 海軍大将s, and McCain grew up on a number of 海軍の bases in the US and abroad before finishing 私的な high school in Virginia.

He followed his father and grandfather into the service, …に出席するing the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 海軍の 学院 at Annapolis, where ? he later joked - he was ‘an undistinguished member of the Class of 1958,’ finishing fifth from last in his year.

Upon 卒業, he trained in Flori da and became a 海軍の 操縦する, known for his hijinks and often cavalier 態度. He married his first wife, Carol, in 1965 and 可決する・採択するd her two young children, Andrew and Douglas, and the couple had a daughter, Sidney - but it wasn't long before MCain 長，率いるd off for war, at his request.

'I didn't 所有する any particular notion of greatness, but I did 持つ／拘留する strong notions of 栄誉（を受ける）,' he 令状s in 約束 of My Fathers. 'And I worried that my deserved 評判 for foolishness would make 命令（する） of a 騎兵大隊 or a 運送／保菌者, the pinnacle of a young 操縦する's aspiration, too grand an ambition for an obstreperous 海軍大将's son, and my 失敗 to reach 命令（する） would dishonor me and my family.

'にもかかわらず my 関心s, I 解決するd to follow the 従来の course to 命令（する）. With the country at war, that course led to Vietnam. The best way to raise my profile as an aviator, perhaps the only way, was to 達成する a creditable 戦闘 記録，記録的な／記録する. I was eager to begin.

'More than professional considerations lay beneath my 願望（する） to go to war. Nearly all the men in my family had made their 評判s at war. It was my family's pride. And the 海軍の 学院, with its 祝賀 of 戦争の valor, had 侵入するd enough of my 弁護s to 解任する me to that 栄誉（を受ける）. I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to go to Vietnam, and to keep 約束 with the family creed.'

He was?駅／配置するd in the 湾 of Tonkin, 飛行機で行くing A-4 Skyhawks, and was 割り当てるd to the USS Forrestal, which 苦しむd a 壊滅的な 解雇する／砲火／射撃 on July 29, 1967, 負傷させるing McCain and 殺人，大当り 134 sailors. He then volunteered for assignment with another 航空機 運送／保菌者, the USS Oriskany, and was 飛行機で行くing his 23rd 爆破 使節団 over North Vietnam when he was 発射 負かす／撃墜する on October 26, 1967.?

He パラシュート（で降下する）d into a lake and was 不正に 負傷させるd but was taken 捕虜 by the North Vietnamese, who 申し込む／申し出d him 極小の 医療の 援助 until they realized how high-最高位の his father was; in 中央の-1968, McCain Sr was 指名するd 指揮官 of all US 軍隊s in the Vietnam theater. As 捕虜, McCain was kept for some time at Hoa Lo 刑務所，拘置所, more 一般的に known as the Hanoi Hilton ? and was 定期的に 拷問d over the next five and a half years, much of which was spent in 独房監禁 confinement.

McCain was 申し込む／申し出d 解放（する） 非常に／多数の times but 辞退するd to leave unless all other 捕虜s 逮捕（する）d before him were 始める，決める 解放する／自由な, realizing that the North Vietnamese would turn his freedom into a 大規模な 宣伝 （選挙などの）運動をする and victory. His 治療 by his captors was so cruel that, at one 行う／開催する／段階, he unsuccessfully 試みる／企てるd 自殺, and at another he made an anti-US 宣伝 ‘自白’, later 令状ing that, while he felt it was dishonorable, he realized ‘Every man has his breaking point. I had reached 地雷.’

Without proper 治療, his 広範囲にわたる 傷害s left McCain unable to raise his 武器 above his 長，率いる - subsequently 影響する／感情ing his 未来 prospects in the 海軍.

Sen. McCain first entered politics in 1982 after retiring from the 海軍 the previous year; he would continue as a public servant until his death

Sen. McCain, like his father and grandfather before him, …に出席するd the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 海軍の 学院 - where he later joked he was 'an undistinguished member of the Class of 1958'

While 飛行機で行くing 戦闘 使節団s during the Vietnam War, McCain was 発射 負かす／撃墜する in 1967 and taken 囚人 by the North Vietnamese

McCaine spent five and a half years as a 囚人 of war before his 解放（する） in 1973, に引き続いて the Paris Peace （許可，名誉などを）与えるs, which ended direct US 軍の 関与 in Vietnam

結局, McCain was 解放（する）d after the 調印 of the Paris Peace （許可，名誉などを）与えるs in 1973, which ended direct US 軍の 関与 in Vietnam, and he returned to the US to 回復する from his 広範囲にわたる 傷害s. He earned the Silver 星／主役にする, Bronze 星／主役にする, Purple Heart and Distinguished 飛行機で行くing Cross, の中で other 栄誉（を受ける）s. His wife had 苦しむd her own 傷害s in a car 事故 and McCain 認める that, upon his return to the US, he engaged in extramarital 事件／事情／状勢s, and his marriage to Carol broke 負かす／撃墜する.

In 1977, McCain was 割り当てるd as the 海軍’s 連絡事務 to the US 上院, and he retired from the 海軍 in 1981 ? the same year he married his second wife, Cindy Lou Hensley, a teacher and the daughter of Jim Hensley, the 創立者 of the third largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship in America. He relocated to Arizona, and the couple went on to have three 生物学の children ? Jack McCain, Meghan McCain and James McCain ? and 可決する・採択する a daughter from Bangladesh, Bridget.

In 1982, McCain ran for 議会 as a 共和国の／共和党の ? にもかかわらず 批評 that he was a carpetbagger recently settled in the 明言する／公表する. During one 候補者 会議, he 反対するd that 批評 with the 返答: ‘I wish I could have had the 高級な, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the first 地区 of Arizona, but I was doing other things.

‘As a 事柄 of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.’

He was re-elected in 1984, 1986, 1992, 199 8, 2004 and 2010, serving at さまざまな times as 議長，司会を務める of the 上院 委員会 on Indian 事件／事情／状勢s; on the 委員会 on 商業, Science, and Transportation; and 現在／一般に as chairman of the 委員会 on 武装した Services and member of the 委員会 on 母国 安全 and 政治の 事件／事情／状勢s.

He published his memoir, 約束 of My Fathers, in 1999, 令状ing: ‘My public profile is inextricably linked to my 捕虜 experiences. 明白に, such 承認 has 利益d my political career, and I am 感謝する for that. But I have tried to make what use I can of Vietnam and not let the memories of war encumber the 残り／休憩（する） of my life’s 進歩. Neither have I been content to 受託する that my time in Vietnam would stand as the ultimate experience of my life.’?

McCain as a young boy with his grandfather, left, and father, 権利, who both were four-星／主役にする 海軍大将s in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 海軍

After 離婚ing his first wife, Carol, McCain married Arizona woman Cindy Hensley, pictured, who 提起する／ポーズをとるs with two of their children

McCain and Cindy had four children together - Meghan (中心), Jack and James, in 新規加入 to 可決する・採択するing a daughter, Bridget, from Bangladesh

John McCain ran for 大統領，／社長 twice without success - the second time against 大統領 Barack Obama in 2008; here, the pair shake 手渡すs before the first of three 大統領の 審議s in September 2008

Sen. McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, pictured, as his 2008 候補者 for 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長

McCain earned a 評判 as a 無所属の政治家, a 保守的な not daunted by taking 異なるing opinions from the 共和国の／共和党の party. He also had a 評判 as a straight shooter, and he 天候d スキャンダルs such as the Keating Five, when five 上院議員s were （刑事）被告 of 汚職 in 1989 in 関係 with Charles Keating of Lincoln 貯金 and 貸付金, who 与える／捧げるd 政治上 to the men and sought their help when the company was in trouble. McCain was 最終的に 設立する innocent of any 悪事を働くこと by the 上院 倫理学 委員会, but the 出来事/事件 spurred him to become an 支持する of （選挙などの）運動をする 財政／金融 改革（する）; he and Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold 結局 押し進めるd through the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan （選挙などの）運動をする 改革（する） 行為／法令／行動する in 2002.

McCain ran for 大統領，／社長 in the 2000 選挙運動, 発表するing his 立候補 on September 27, 1999; he was pitted against Texas Gov. George W. Bush for the 共和国の／共和党の 指名／任命. Although McCain won New Hampshire, he was soon outspent by Bush and was 支配するd to a smear （選挙などの）運動をする in South Carolina. He 最終的に withdrew from the race on March 9, 2000, and he 是認するd Bush two months later.

The Arizona 政治家，政治屋 was not done with the 大統領／総裁などの地位, however, and threw his hat in the （犯罪の）一味 again for the 2008 大統領の （選挙などの）運動をする. He 発表するd his 立候補 on April 25, 2007 and went on to 勝利，勝つ the 指名／任命, 発表するing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. He lost the 選挙 to 大統領 Barack Obama and returned to the 上院.??

McCain and 大統領 Donald Trump engaged in a 井戸／弁護士席-publicized 反目，不和, as Trump 非難するd the war hero, 特に for his 投票（する） against a 共和国の／共和党の 交替／補充 for 'Obamacare,' the health care 法律 認可するd under 大統領 Barack Obama.

Trump 調印するd a 軍の 政策 法案 this month 指名するd for McCain, but in a 調印する of their testy 関係 the 大統領，／社長 made no について言及する of McCain's 指名する in 発言／述べるs at a 調印 儀式.

The 上院議員, in a 60 Minutes interview, 以前 spoke of having 'different しつけ' and 'different life experiences' from Trump - who disparaged McCain for having been 逮捕（する）d during the Vietnam War.?

'He is in the 商売／仕事 of making money and he has been successful both in television 同様に as 行方不明になる America and others,' he said. 'I was raised in a 軍の family.'

He said: 'I was raised in the 概念 and belief that 義務, 栄誉（を受ける）, country is the lodestar for the 行為 that we have to 展示（する） every 選び出す／独身 day.'?

Sen. McCain told 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 海軍の 学院 卒業生（する）s in October: 'You’ll know that to serve this country is to serve its ideals ? the ideals that consider every child on earth as made in the image of God and endowed with dignity and the 権利s to life, liberty and the 追跡 of happiness. It is a noble 原因（となる）. It is your 原因（となる）, and it’s 価値（がある） living and dying for'

Sen. McCain was 診断するd with glioblastoma, an 積極的な form of brain 癌, in July 2017 - but returned just two weeks later to the 上院

Sen. McCain spoke proudly of his 'sense of 栄誉（を受ける）' and told a new 世代 of Annapolis 卒業生（する）s just six months ago: 'May your lives be as lucky as 地雷'

Last July, Sen. McCain was 診断するd with a glioblastoma, an 積極的な form of brain 癌 ? but he was 支援する in the 上院 two weeks later. His last 上院 投票（する） was in December.

In a speech on the 上院 床に打ち倒す に引き続いて his diagnosis - 輪郭（を描く）d in a 一時期／支部 肩書を与えるd 正規の／正選手 Order in his 調書をとる／予約する The Restless Wave, published just months ago - McCain said: 'Our 審議s can still be important and useful, but I think we'd all agree they 港／避難所't been overburdened by greatness lately. And 権利 now, they aren't producing much for the American people.

'Both 味方するs have let this happen. Let's leave the history of who 発射 first to the historians. I 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う they'll find we all conspired in our 拒絶する／低下する - either by 審議する／熟考する 活動／戦闘s or neglect. We've all played some 役割 in it. Certainly I have. いつかs, I've let my passion 支配する my 推論する／理由 ... I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to 協力する, on our dependence on each other to learn how to 信用 each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us.?

'Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the 無線で通信する and television and the Internet. To hell with them.'

He 追加するd: 'Let's 信用 each other. Let's return to 正規の／正選手 order . We've been spinning our w heels on too many important 問題／発行するs because we keep trying to find a way to 勝利，勝つ without help from across the aisle.'

McCain's family 発表するd on Friday that he was stopping 治療 for brain 癌, just days before his 82nd birthday.?He is 生き残るd by his wife, Cindy; seven children and several grandchildren ? in 新規加入 to his 遺産／遺物 of bravery and service that continues to 奮起させる 兵士s and sailors today.

In a speech to 海軍の 学院 卒業生（する）s in October, he said: ‘I know what you will 危険 and what you will receive in return. I know America is lucky to have you, and that you will think yourselves lucky to serve America. Even in the worst of times ? and they come for most of us ? you’ll know that to serve this country is to serve its ideals ? the ideals that consider every child on earth as made in the image of God and endowed with dignity and the 権利s to life, liberty and the 追跡 of happiness. It is a noble 原因（となる）. It is your 原因（となる）, and it’s 価値（がある） living and dying for.

‘I have, いつかs unwittingly and often imperfectly, served that 原因（となる） all my adult life. Like your service, 地雷 began here in the place of 栄誉（を受ける） and 栄誉（を受ける）’s 需要・要求するs. I arrived a 反逆者／反逆する without a 原因（となる）, and left much the same. But I would discover that a sense of 栄誉（を受ける） had been imparted to me here that would speak to me in the darkest hours.

‘And so I come 支援する, again and again, to the place where I learned to dread dishonor and from where I 乗る，着手するd on an eventful life, in good company, in the service of my country and its 広大な／多数の／重要な 原因（となる）.

‘May your lives be as lucky as 地雷.’?