he had weak ties to the area he was running. >> he quickly deflated that by saying the longest spot he had been in was prisoner of war. nobody ever raised that question again. >> mccain won the primary and general elections. as a freshman congressman quickly developed a reputation for not necessarily towing the party line. civil war broke out in lebanon and by the fall of 1983, the situation was a powder keg. u.s. peace keeping forces were in harms way. opposing his own party's president, mccain sided with majority of the democrats in calling for the withdrawal of troops deployed in lebanon. >> he has sort of made this a hallmark of his career to try to be a truth teller on all things foreign policy and the '83 vote is a first step along that way. >> in arizona this is man we'll all want to watch.