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Photos: A Maverick's Path

John McCain's evolution from rebel to Republican frontrunner, in photos

John McCain, 71, will be the oldest president ever elected if he goes on to win his party's nomination and the White House in November. He has made a long, hard journey from being a "rebel without a cause," as he described himself to Navy psychiatrists back in the 1970s, to a man who aspires to lead the nation and the world. McCain belongs to a warrior caste that has been fighting America's conflicts for more than two centuries. (His grandfather Adm. John S. McCain was depressed at the surrender of Japan. He complained to his chief of staff, "I feel lost. I don't know what to do," and died of a heart attack four days later.) The legacy and experience of war in some ways made John S. McCain III a truly humble man, capable of profound forgiveness--even for the jailers who abused him in Hanoi. But McCain's grace was hard won, and it is in a way a work in progress, a one-day-at-a-time struggle and balancing act. Keep clicking for a photographic tour of McCain's personal and political evolution. Photo: Khue Bui for Newsweek

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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