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War hero, senator, GOP presidential candidate McCain dies at 81
Arizona senator was 2008 Republican presidential nominee
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally Nov. 3, 2008 in Tampa, Fla. The U.S. senator, war hero and GOP presidential candidate died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 81. (Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press, file)
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.