“I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land. I want the presidency in the best way, not the worst way.”

— John McCain

Remarks following the South Carolina Primary http://www.votesmart.org/speech_detail.php?sc_id=72173 (19 February 2000).
2000s

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politician from the United States 1936–2018

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