"I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become MY AMBITION to be president. . . . In truth, I'D HAD THE AMBITION for a long time." - John McCain, 2002.
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I really don't have much to say. I am hoping that this isn't old news. I'm usully a lurker and certainly not a writer. I would have put this in a comment section so as to not break the rules, but I thought it was important.