LAKEVILLE, Minn. -- Just a month before the 2008 presidential election, Sen. John McCain took a political risk to defend his opponent, then-Sen. Barack Obama. During an October 10, 2008, town hall ...

Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the late GOP Sen. John McCain, his onetime rival for the White House, and a moment from the 2008 campaign that shows how McCain’s “character” compares ...

GOP ticket to be unveiled one day after Obama accepts Democrats' nomination. Aug. 29, 2008— -- Just hours before presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain is expected to announce ...

The senator did one of the classiest things in my political memory.

Obama and McCain trade blows over the economy. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y Sept. 16, 2008— -- An angry Sen. John McCain indicated today that as president he would launch a 9/11-commission style ...

Five years ago, John McCain was at the center of American politics. Swirling around him, an interesting cast of characters, most of whom still keep making their way into the news for various reasons.

The video clip we’ve seen perhaps more than any other since Sen. John McCain died is the one of him at a town hall in the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign. It’s so iconic and memorable that it ...

Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the forum until Washington ...

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