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"I never considered myself a maverick."
John McCain, rejecting the label on which he campaigned for the presidency in 2008 (Newsweek)
In 50 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months
"I never considered myself a maverick."
John McCain, rejecting the label on which he campaigned for the presidency in 2008 (Newsweek)