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Well as the university of virginia, and i'm sure that part of my excuse for being rebellious was that i wanted to go to one of those schools. i always had a great interest in literature and history. >> the novels of the '30s and '40s. >> hemingway. he loves "a farewell to arms," the heroic figures in the spanish civil war. and he knows that frontwards and backwards. >> he's inspired by those larger than life figures. >> and as a flight school cadet, mccain romanticized his experience, acting as if he were one of his favorite literary characters. >> i wanted to fly airplanes by myself, off of a...

The heroic figures in the spanish civil war. and he knows that frontwards and backwards. >> he's inspired by those larger than life figures. >> and as a flight school cadet, mccain romanticized his experience, acting as if he were one of his favorite literary characters. >> i wanted to fly airplanes by myself, off of aircraft carriers. you know, i thought that was the height of glamour and excitement. and again, it was a bit self-absorbed. >> beautiful women, fast cars, and late nights were distractions and one incident in 1958 almost cost him his life. >> crashed in corpus christi bay, he sun...

>> he had a bit of james dean in him. >> friend and political consultant, john weaver. >> he's a rogue figure at times. at the same time he's very intellectual and a scholar. >> he's a rebel with a cause. >> multiple causes. >> in his earlier years john mccain was a rebel without a cause. he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the naval academy. mccain's passion was for literature, not his family legacy. >> i had friends of mine who went to ivy league schools as well as the university of virginia and i'm sure part of my excuse for being rebellious was i wanted to go to one of those...