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# *McCain: The Myth of a Maverick*

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Date and Time 

January 8, 2008 1 - 3 PM EST 

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Featuring the author, **Matt Welch**, Editor-in-Chief, *Reason* Magazine, and **Lance Tarrance, Jr.**, Former Senior Strategist, McCain for President. 

John McCain is one of the most familiar figures in American politics, a figure with great appeal to many. However, his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left unexamined. Matt Welch’s new book *McCain: The Myth of a Maverick* gives a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people project their own ideological fantasies. It is the first realistic assessment of what a John McCain presidency might look like. Welch lays out the root cause of the senator’s worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving youth to war hawk, in which he used the “higher power” of American nationalism to save his life and soul. Please join us to discuss this new work on the day that New Hampshire decides the fate of Senator McCain’s enduring aspiration to attain the presidency.

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