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It was july 29th, 1967. his first combat mission on an aircraft carrier assigned to bombing missions over vietnam. a plane on the deck accidently fired a missile which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno but others didn't. the fire spread across the ship's deck killing 134 men injuring hundreds of others and destroying 20 planes. >> it was terrible. when the fire was under control, i went up in the sick bay because i got shrapnel in my legs and there were these individuals laying there burned and he told me his name and mentioned another pilot and...

Another presidential run to succeed the republican president who beat him in 2000. >> he started out as the heir apparent and then crashed and burned big-time. >> gop leaders did not like his support for a surge of u.s. troops in iraq. >> we need 100,000 additional troops. >> and they bristled at his bipartisan work on immigration reform. he almost ran out of money and let most of his staff go. >> it was you and john mccain. >> yeah. no big entourage, no private plane. >> no. >> sometimes i even drove the van. >> the next president of the united states. >> mccain climbed his way back. >> the m...