John 'Wayne' McCain, the Mini Series - Part 1

The U.S presidential race this year has turned out to be a real entertainment worthy of plenty of butterlicious popcorn. It's a star studded drama y'all!

First we have Obama, the media darling, who is running as the first black candidate ever. Joe Biden, Obama's running mate, is a hot tempered senator who has had several public outbursts. Sarah Palin is the first female and possibly youngest republican vice president candidate ever. And if you read any news outlet these days, you know that Palin's unmarried daughter is 5 months pregnant. Gasp! Oh, the drama!

But how about McCain? Outside US, no one seems to know him. They may just think of him as a plain OLD republican candidate. Well, TIME magazine's recent article highlights McCain and his life, and boy what a page turner the articles are.

Now, If I have to choose between watching the documentary of Obama or McCain, without doubt I would choose the latter. The story will be filled with interesting characters, drama, girls, drugs, politics, and all that jazz. Well, let's take a look at the life oh John McCain when it's put into a film ... or a mini series.

- John Sidney McCain was born to Jack McCain and Roberta McCain in Panama Canal Zone (see, even where he was born is already interesting).

Jack McCain, the father, was a workaholic and an alcoholic four star admiral in the Navy and also a WWII hero. Roberta McCain, the mother, has a twin sister (Rowena) and is a beauty with a spunk. When she was 21, she eloped to Tijuana with a naval officer who ended up being her husband for life. (Hey, if the Notebook can sell, this can sell as well)

- Despite, or maybe because of his father big shoes to fill, young John McCain became a troublemaker and therefore received various nick names including John 'Wayne' McCain, Punk, and McNasty. (We could have the Gray Anatomy casts as cameos in the film!)

- He joined the Naval Academy, became the leader of The Bad Bunch, a lightweight boxer, a womanizer, a partying man, and thanks to his extra curricular activities, succeeded in finishing 894th out of 899th in his class. (This will be the fun montage part of McCain doing all things nasty)

- Out of school, he married a model (well of course, he was a womanizer) and adopted her two children. They had a daughter as well. Oh, children count: 3 ... for now

- (Here comes the suspense and drama!) During the Vietnam war, his plane was shot and he became a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years. He could have gone out sooner, due to his father high ranks, but he refused for the sake of his country and his comrades morale. During this time, his father ordered the bombing of Hanoi despite him being captive there. (As I said, suspense, drama!)

- He finally got out of the war and found himself promoted as the nation hero. He was united again with his family. However, they've been apart for almost 6 years. I'm sure many things have changed. His wife also just had a fatal car accident and had to go through a lot and lengthy treatments. I don't suppose that things went well in the marriage.

- It was around this time that McCain met a teacher for children with Down syndrome in Arizona. They met at a party, she was starstruck and McCain was head over heels. She said she was 3 years older than she was, McCain said he was 4 years younger. Only later that they realized that they're actually 17 years apart. (This is definitely the romance part utilized to attract the female audience)

- Not long after, he managed to have her wife divorced him. He promised to pay for her ongoing medication in addition to other financial settlements. Only 5 weeks after the divorce, John McCain (44) and Cindy Lou Hensley (25) got married. (Drama, betrayal, romance, you name it, they're all here!!)

And, this will be a perfect place to end the first episode. But wait, there is more. We still haven't touched the political rise of McCain, the drug problems in the family, the scandal that almost ruined McCain's political career, McCain's upset lost against Bush, and finally McCain's upheaval path to be the 2008 Republican presidential candidate.

Well, depending on alto's persistence in bugging me to write, the second episode will either be posted tomorrow, next week, next month, or never. So, in conclusion, blame alto if I don't write the next and final episode.

Until then, peyo ... out.