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 ...

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 ...

The essence of good political leadership is the courage to do what you believe is right when it is unpopular and the skill to bring people of differing viewpoints together to get things done. By those ...

We look back at Sen. John McCain's presidential run in 2008 and his legacy. Remembering McCain's 2008 Campaign MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We are remembering Senator John McCain, who died yesterday at age 81 ...

WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government. The ...

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 ...

If John McCain secures the Republican presidential nomination, his victory would signal a revolution in American politics -- a divorce, after a 28-year marriage, between the Republican and ...

In an interview scheduled to air in full on ABC tomorrow, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that while he personally likes Sarah Palin, it was a mistake for John McCain to choose her as his ...

Post-2008 McCain Shifts Right The Washington Post's Michael Shear suggests that, after losing the 2008 presidential election and facing a rightward-shifting GOP, McCain is giving up his past ...