In 1998 he even asked his fellow colleagues to "broader US-Vietnam relations" so that thousands of the Vietnamese can immigrate to US.

Source:

Ways & Means Committee Subcommittee on Trade

Testimony of John McCain

Before the House Ways and Means Committee,
Subcommittee on Trade
Washington, DC
June 18, 1998

Trade With Vietnam

I am pleased to submit to the Subcommittee this statement strongly endorsing the President's decision to extend the Jackson-Vanik waiver for Vietnam. As you know, I have a deep interest in our bilateral relationship with Vietnam and always appreciate the opportunity to help move that relationship forward.

Although the Jackson-Vanik waiver may appear to be a minor, technical issue of little relevance to broader US-Vietnam relations, it serves as an important tool for the advancement of American interests in Vietnam. Specifically, the President's decision to waive the Jackson-Vanik amendment in March, and to extend the waiver in June, has encouraged measurable Vietnamese cooperation in processing applications for emigration under the Orderly Departure Program, or ODP, and the Resettlement Opportunity for Vietnamese Returnees agreement, or ROVR. The Jackson-Vanik amendment exists to promote freedom of emigration from non-market economies. The law calls for a waiver if it would enhance opportunities to emigrate freely. The numbers indicate that opportunities for emigration from Vietnam have clearly increased since the President waived the Jackson Vanik amendment.

As of June 15, 3,267 Vietnamese had departed for the United States under ROVR. Since the waiver was granted, Vietnam has eliminated the requirement for ODP applicants, including Montagnards and former reeducation camp detainees, to obtain exit permits prior to being interviewed by American officials. Vietnam has cleared for interview over 80 percent of all remaining ROVR applicants, and we expect many more to be cleared shortly.

Critically, on the day the President announced his decision to extend the Jackson-Vanik waiver, the Vietnamese government announced it would allow US officials to interview all Montagnard ODP cases. Previously, many of these individuals were off-limits to American interviewers, raising concern among many of us that Vietnam was denying Montagnards eligibility for emigration under the ODP. Clearly, the Vietnamese understood that the Montagnard issue was important to the United States, and they responded by meeting our demand for access to this group of people.

In short, Jackson-Vanik is working. Vietnamese cooperation on outstanding emigration applications has increased. Vietnam has made important progress on its commitments under the January 1997 ROVR agreement with the United States. The vast majority of remaining ROVR applicants have been cleared for interview by US officials. Pre-interview exit permits are no longer required for ODP applicants. American officials will soon be actively interviewing Montagnards who wish to emigrate under the terms of the ODP. Remarkably, the Administration expects to complete almost all ODP refugee interviews by the end of this year.

The Jackson-Vanik waiver has given momentum to this process. Revoking the waiver would likely stall this momentum, to the detriment of those we seek to help emigrate freely.

I wish to ask my colleagues who would overturn the President's extension of the Jackson-Vanik waiver for Vietnam the following questions: Would a successful resolution of disapproval do anything other than sacrifice the progress we have witnessed since March? Would revoking the waiver advance the cause of those Vietnamese who benefit dramatically from their government's cooperation on emigration matters? How would those individuals who have successfully departed Vietnam this year have fared if the United States had not used the Jackson-Vanik waiver to encourage Vietnamese compliance with our emigration priorities?

READ MORE -- http://www.aiipowmia.com/testimony/mccaintst061898.html

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I've run across a multitude of Veteran's websites and sources which completely slam McCain for the anti-POW, anti-MIA and PRO-Communist Viet Nam actions he has taken in the Senate.

Check out this site.

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/

This is the "REAL" John McCain in living color seen belittling Delores Alfond, head of the National Alliance of POW/MIA whose brother went missing in action in Vietnam . .

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You know all that stuff you learned from listening to Rush Limbaugh and Bill ORielly? It's all a lie. Pass it on.

Thank you for the site, alexg. I'll take time to read it.

I've seen that video before... it seems like the man cannot controll himself. Maybe that's the reason McCain's media team quits campaign in 2007?


From USATODAY:

7/26/2007

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. John McCain's advertising consultants have resigned from his presidential campaign, the latest in a rash of staff shake-ups in recent weeks.
McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker on Wednesday described the departure of Russ Schriefer and Stuart Stevens as amicable and said the Arizona Republican "appreciates their service" but accepted their resignations when they were offered Monday night.

While the two had an agreement to work for the McCain campaign, FEC records indicate that they had not been paid and were not owed any money.
McCain's campaign manager Terry Nelson and his longtime political adviser John Weaver resigned earlier this month.
"John McCain's life story has prepared him to lead this country forward on day one," Hazelbaker said. "And any paid media effort will reflect that."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politic...6-mccain_N.htm

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The title of the video you posted, alexg, is "John McCain Losing His Cool".
Here's quote from another related video.

A comment by Time's Joe Klein about McCain's statement on Obama:

This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency.
How said.... There is a reason why politicians who want to be President don't say these sort of things, It isn't presidential"

Joe Klein
Time Magazine

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From The Times:
February 2, 2008

Of all the Republicans in the US Senate, few know John McCain as well as Thad Cochran, who first met the front-runner for the party's presidential nomination when they lived in Mississippi during the 1970s.
“The thought of him being president sends a cold chill down my spine,” Mr Cochran said last week, as he announced his endorsement for Mr McCain's rival, Mitt Romney. “He is erratic. He is hot-headed. He loses his temper and he worries me.”


READ MORE -- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3292206.ece

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