McCain: Greatest Hits

• Statesman or Henchman?

  He's already the state's GOP power broker. He'll soon be Arizona's senior senator. Will the volatile John McCain Rule by fear or respect?

  By Amy Silverman
  March 23, 1994
  United States Senator John McCain is live on KTUC-AM talk radio in Tucson. He's speaking with a caller named Rosemary, an... More >>

• Opiate for the Mrs.

  When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

  By Amy Silverman, Jeremy Voas
  September 08, 1994
  You're U.S. Senator John McCain, and you've got a big problem. Your wife, Cindy, was addicted to prescription... More >>

• The Pampered Politician

  Arizona Senator John McCain is ready for a presidential run — if the national press corps has anything to say about it

  By Amy Silverman
  May 15, 1997
  Journalist Michael Lewis may be the supreme cynic in an age of press cynicism. His aloofness for political hoopla set the... More >>

• John McCain Breaks Up a Fight

  The senator says extreme fighting should be banned. You got a problem with that? Eddie Goldman does.

  By Amy Silverman
  February 12, 1998
  Senator John McCain likes to play on the national stage; that's why many of his constituents were startled January 30 to... More >>

• An Endowed Chair

  Senator John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped make him a presidential contender. Donations from special interests that appear before his Senate Commerce Committee haven't hurt, either

  By Amy Silverman
  November 25, 1999
  When Charles Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association collapsed in 1989, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain's... More >>

• Haunted by Spirits

  John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

  By John Dougherty, Amy Silverman
  February 17, 2000
  Would United States Senator John McCain be a presidential contender if it weren't for his marriage to Cindy Hensley... More >>