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Evolve. he talked about his war record and being a pediatrician. so his image moved from that of a moderate conservative democrat to more of a mainstream democrat who had this sort of soft spoken pediatrician image and thats what he ran on as governor. when he was running for governor this last year, there was a brush up on race, in the northern part of virginia, there was a flyer that was distributed that air brushed out his candidate justin fairfax and it became a mini controversy. >> he is af...

Group of democrats that were sort of blue dog democrats and he was courted by the republicans to switch parties early in his legislative career. that didnt happen and when he was recruited to run for lieutenant governor, when he stepped on to the statewide stage his image started to evolve. he talked about his war record and being a pediatrician. caring about children. so his image moved from that of a moderate conservative democrat to more of a mainstream democrat who had this sort of soft spok...

He had a brilliant press secretary named peter. he looked up his war record and was astonished, and said to the vice president, why didnt you tell us about this?" so they brought me in to interview him. i interviewed him, he was sayin saying -- my mom doesnt like me to brag, but i got the story. he joked about it and said "we learned later that the japanese officers on the island were cannibals. i could have ended up in the belly of a japanese officer instead of in the white house!" so, we wrote...

Its not as legendary as jfks war time story was. >> he hated to brag. his mother instilled in him a legendary modesty. eric: we are watching him being pulled out of the water. it was amazing. >> bush had two hum runs as a kid. he went home and told his mother dorothy. she said now george, none of that how great thou art business. and he never bragged again. and he would never brag about his war record. but he was a great war hero and recognized as such. years later, this is the reason he began a...

11, in vietnam four months, he left after receiving three purple hearts. one of injuries he caused himself blowing up grenades close to the shore. ed: well not debate his war record. he did serve this country. he spoke out against the war. thats lift history talk about this, does it violate the logan act? >> it certainly could. the point is in front of senate foreign relations committee calling fellow veterans war criminals. same theme. counter intuitive foreign policy what were trying to achiev...

Im not a her skro. but those who were my senior ranking officers, congressional mel honor winners, those who inspired us to do things that we otherwise wouldnt have been capable of doing are the real heroes. 55,000 names that are down on the wall engraved in black granite that i stop by sometimes early in the morning and when the sun is going down and i was fourth of july with men and women serving in afghanistan and they are just wonderful. that isnt my generation. >> wow. thats senator john mc...

Spotlight. at a presidential forum john mccains war record came up between the pollster and the republican candidate, donald trump. >> he hit me. hes not war hero. >> five and a half years. >> hes war hero because he was captured. i like people that wasnt captured. >> i was outraged. i couldnt believe he said that. >> i felt rage. i said wait a minute, you didnt serve in the military and john mccain did. anybody that has been shot down and captured is not a war hero. >> john mccains response is ...

For reasons known only to god ive had quite a few tough ones in my life. >> john mccain lived a life of intense hardship, patriotism, and perseverance. >> in the end it matters less that you can fight. what you fight for is the real test. >> the former navy fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and two-time presidential candidate found himself at the center of new fights. challenging his own partys president in his last book "the restless wave." >> never at a loss for words, he is now taking on presid...

2006 primaries, an unlikely newcomer was about to thrust mccain back into the national spotlight. at a presidential forum john mccains war record came up between the pollster and the republican candidate, donald trump. >> he hit me. hes not war hero. >> five and a half years. >> hes war hero because he was captured. i like people that wasnt captured. >> i was outraged. i couldnt believe he said that. >> i felt rage. i said wait a minute, you didnt serve in the military and john mccain did. anybo...

I dont mind a good fight for reasons known only to god ive had quite a few tough ones in my life. >> john mccain lived a life of intense hardship, patriotism and perseverance. in in the end it matters less that you can fight. what you fight for is the real test. >> former navy fighter pilot, prisoner of war and two time presidential candidate found himself at the center of new fights challenging his old partys president in his last book, the restless wave. >> never at a loss for words, hes now t...