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"Now, being a POW certainly doesn't qualify anyone to be president. But it does reveal character. This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders."
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Source: Fred Thompson's Remarks on John McCain's character, www.npr.org. September 2, 2008.
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