- John McCain was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.
- John McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into the United States Navy.
- John McCain became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers.
- During the Vietnam War, John McCain nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire.
- In October 1967, while on a bombing mission over Hanoi, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese.
- John McCain was a prisoner of war until 1973.
- John McCain experienced episodes of torture, and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer.
- John McCain's war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations.
- John McCain retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981, moved to Arizona, and entered politics.
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, John McCain served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, he served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, winning re-election easily in 1992, 1998, and 2004.
- While generally adhering to conservative principles, John McCain at times has had a media reputation as a "maverick" for his willingness to disagree with his party on certain issues.
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