Citizen McCain - Hardcover

Drew, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743230027 ISBN 13: 9780743230025

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2002

Synopsis

A portrait of the senator who has been on the forefront of political reform describes his efforts to restore the public's faith in politics, attempt to move the campaign-fiance reform bill through the Senate and House, and actions since September 11. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

Congressional politics can be a dirty, rough-and-tumble game, but Washington legend Elizabeth Drew takes us ringside to an unusually fierce fight: the quest for campaign finance reform, spearheaded by maverick senator John McCain.

Little known outside Arizona, McCain gained prominence when he broke from the Republican leadership and still came close to earning his party's nomination for the presidency in 2000. Derailed by George Bush (whose lieutenants, one of Drew's interviewees remarks, fought "the dirtiest, nastiest campaign I've ever seen"), McCain struck out against entrenched, big-money interests, earning plenty of enemies on Capitol Hill and plenty of admirers outside the Beltway. Drew gives us a day-by-day, sometimes hour-by-hour account of McCain's courtly but tough battle, fought with handshakes here, cajoling there, and shrewd calculation everywhere.

Readers wanting to know how things really get done in Washington have a fine guide in Drew, and admirers of McCain will find still more reasons to respect him after watching him in combat. --Gregory McNamee

About the Author:

Elizabeth Drew is the much-honored author of eleven previous books about national politics, including The Corruption of American Politics, Whatever It Takes, Showdown, and On the Edge. A distinguished television and radio commentator, Elizabeth Drew lives in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743230027
• ISBN 13: 9780743230025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192