John Mccain

John McCain, a senior member of the Senate committee that oversees the telecom industry, now has cellphone coverage at the family's ranch near Sedona, after a request from his wife, Cindy, early in 2007, the Washington Post reported. Verizon Wireless and AT&T provide the coverage at the ranch, which is in a remote canyon where reception is difficult. McCain is a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the Federal Communications Commission and the telecommunications industry.

Gray-haired veterans in narrow VFW caps dotted the crowds, pledging their undying allegiance. Independent voters quibbled and complained about concerns on some policy details, then said they would sign on, all the same. Reporters fought for the few seats at bull sessions in the back cabin of the "Straight-Talk Express." Sen.

Not so long ago, it would have been unimaginable that full-throated support for the larger troop presence in Iraq could be considered a political asset in New Hampshire, where discontent with the war's course fueled sweeping Democratic gains in the 2006 midterm election. But Sen. John McCain clearly believes the significant drop in U.S. casualties has altered political dynamics.

Two days before the New Hampshire primary that could make or break his White House candidacy, a combative Mitt Romney quarreled with rivals John McCain and Mike Huckabee over taxes, crime and job experience in a testy Republican debate that exposed growing animosity among the candidates. Romney's attacks set off a cascade of counter-assaults on the former Massachusetts governor, who has placed enormous stakes on winning here but has slid behind McCain in the polls.

No letup in the last hours After Iowa, change is in the air in New Hampshire. In the Democratic primary, Barack Obama's emphasis on change has suddenly made him the candidate to beat. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee has a tall order in replicating his win, but this has forced Mitt Romney to alter his tactics and helped revive John McCain's chances.

In July, it hardly could have been imagined. The poll numbers were hideous, the campaign fundraising anemic. Many of the pundits said they couldn't imagine how John McCain, looking all his 71 years, could recover. His campaign staff had to be cut so severely -- from 140 to 22 -- that, one aide recalled, "it was like a neutron bomb went off." Those days seemed a distant memory Tuesday night, as McCain strode into a hotel ballroom swimming with tiny American flags. He grinned as "Johnny B.

John McCain, riding high from his victory in the New Hampshire primary, got a hero's welcome Wednesday as he arrived at sunset at South Carolina's elite military college, where he was lavishly introduced by pillars of the GOP establishment. In an auditorium at the Citadel, silver-haired veterans waving small American flags greeted the former Navy fighter pilot.

John McCain's Republican presidential run collapsed in South Carolina eight years ago after what his campaign later acknowledged was a critical mistake: hesitating before responding to false accusations that the candidate's wife was a drug addict and that he fathered an illegitimate child.

False accusations that circulated in South Carolina against John McCain -- claiming that his wife was a drug addict and that he fathered an illegitimate child -- helped destroy the Arizona senator's bid for the Republican nomination in 2000. This time, he has established a "truth squad" of supporters in the state to parry attacks. What do you think of the McCain campaign creating a truth squad? -- Defensive action: In 2000, "certainly he was subject to some attacks.

On the last day of campaigning in the Palmetto State eight years ago, "we pretty well knew we weren't going to win," John McCain admitted Friday. Hecklers infiltrated his rope lines spewing vicious attacks, the crowds were dwindling and the candidate's huge lead over George W. Bush after McCain's New Hampshire win had evaporated. "I had my game face on," the Arizona senator told reporters on his campaign bus. "But I can sense a crowd." What a difference eight years makes.