The McCain Archives

Now that it appears almost certain that the general election match-up is set, we’ve combed the TNR archives to find all the pieces that we’ve run on John McCain over the years. From Michael Lewis’s admiring piece on the Senator to David Grann's definitive 1999 profile ("In the wake of Bill Clinton's misconduct, McCain has become a reflection of our times, the focus of our desperate search for 'character' in a president to the exclusion of almost everything else--even actual political beliefs") to Jason Zengerle's inside look at the warring camps within McCainland, these stories examine the appeal, the heresies, the policy preferences, grudges, and ideological hairpin turns that have made John McCain such a multifarious creature. (Click here for a similar list of articles on his probable opponent, Barack Obama.)

By TNR Staff