How did McCain not know of Dr. King's history? The "I have a dream" speech was during the 1963 March on Washington. The Selma-to-Montgomery march was in 1965. Martin Luther King was killed in April 1968.
John McCain wasn't living in the US during that period. He was deployed overseas after graduating (Navy) flight training in 1960. By 1966, he was in the Pacific flying missions over Vietnam. He was shot down and captured in 1967 and remained in a North Vietnamese prison until 1973. Prisoners at the "Hanoi Hilton" had no access to the news and didn't receive mail for years, or not at all.
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Our judgment, however, is that McCain's "Straight Talk Express" took a wrong turn with this mailer.
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Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts v. Attorney General, 424 Mass. 586, 677 N.E.2d 101 (1997).
Anthony York, "Republican moderates balk at Bush tax cut; Resistance from McCain, Snowe, Chafee and others could spell trouble for the president's radical proposal." Salon.com 9 Jan 2003.
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session, Vote Number 377 18 Oct 2007.
Brian C. Mooney, "Analyst puts increase in fees, taxes at $700m; Governor gives far lower figure," Boston Globe 27 Sep 2006.
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