Extra: Senator John McCain

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🗓️ 1 September 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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With John McCain's memorial services on our minds this weekend, we've reached back into our archives to revisit our own brush with the Arizona Senator. Back in October of 2000, Senator McCain was gracious enough to spend some time with David on the Motley Fool Radio Show, revealing yet another window into his humanity, his decency, and yes, his Foolishness.

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0:00.0	It's the Rule Breaker Investing Podcast with Motley Full Co-founder David Gardner.
0:07.0	Welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing.
0:11.0	Delighted to have you join me for this weekend extra.
0:14.4	I really appreciate you taking some time and an America lost a great American in recent days.
0:19.3	Senator John McCain of Arizona is somebody who, whether you were a Democrat, a Republican, or somebody in
0:25.8	between you probably admired, somebody who gave his life in service to the United States
0:30.6	of America, whether as a military man or a politician.
0:34.5	And I'm really happy to say that back in the day, John McCain joined me on the Motley Fool radio
0:38.8	show.
0:39.8	The year was 2000.
0:41.4	The month was October. And in light of his recent death we thought why not go back to
0:46.1	the Fool Archives and let's present let's pull it out and present John McCain hanging
0:50.7	out with the Motley Fool so he had just lost his presidential nomination
0:54.8	to George W Bush at the time. Bush and Gore had recently held a debate where the
0:59.4	topic of what to do with the budget surplus was a big issue and in fact the first
1:04.3	question is the interview picks up is me asking him about whether we should be
1:07.4	paying down our debt. Without further ado the Motley Fool's brush with
1:11.5	Senator John McCain.
1:14.8	And now we're joined by U.S. Senator John McCain, Republican from Arizona.
1:18.4	You know him as the former Republican candidate for president.
1:21.6	You know him for his distinguished military career, whose honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star,
1:25.7	Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross, U.S.
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