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With the name john mccain, and that is "maverick." where did that reputation come from? well, it's on my mind because i just wrote about it. it's part of my new book "the red and the blue," which will hit bookstores in a month. it can be reordered now if you're interested. the story of mccain the political maverick, though, it really takes shape in the year 1999. a goliath is looming over the republican presidential field. george w. bush and his machine. obliterating fund-raising records, monopolizing endorsements, practically every big name governor is on board the bush machine. bush intimida...
Early 2000 that most americans find out what he's really all about as a politician. his biggest issue is campaign finance reform. no one really cares about the details. but the symbolism is powerful. here's bush hauling in huge sums of cash, and here's mccain refusing to play the same game, thumbing his nose at the system, even though it means he'll have just a fraction of the money. and people start to take note. they start to see a politician who maybe seems to have some principles. mccain talks about things that no one else is talking about. he talks about honor, about service, about the id...
Went into show biz, had a 15-year career. two years ago decides he is going to run for president. defeats 15 very able candidates. the bush machine, the clinton machine. so i think he's in a figuring out period and i think we're already seeing really good things, the press needs to give him a little more latitude and the public if you look at the poll this week, the tip poll, which is the most accurate presidential poll 54% of americans say the press should go a little more easy. they are weary of the attacks on him. so -- >> appreciate both you being with us. wish we had more time. definitely...
Coming up at the top of the hour -- >> mike barnicle said we missed a key point. >> we covered it just fine, mike. my god. the transition of power to donald trump is now under way. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin joins us to talk about the magnitude of the moment that most political observers never saw coming. plus -- >> right now in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating trump often by big numbers and always in larger margin than sretary clinton is. >> thursday morning quarterbacking. could bernie sanders have beaten ...