No More War Resolutions Years ago, I had a couple of hours with the current Republican nominee for president. At that time, RADM 'Junior' McCain, whom I'd known for some time, asked me if I'd give his son, LT John S. McCain, III, a lift on my flight from Norfolk to Glenview, Ill. I wish I could have five minutes of that three-hour flight to seek his pledge on a paramount national security issue. ...more

July 5, 2008

Arizona Sen. John McCain has promised straight talk in his latest bid for the White House, and his blunt and pragmatic message on the issues has been gaining momentum as the candidates move through the 2008 primary season. Members of The Tampa Tribune's editorial board caught up with McCain by telephone on Jan. 11 as he campaigned in South Carolina for a wide-ranging interview on the issues as we prepared to deliver our endorsement in Florida's Republican primary. ...more

January 20, 2008

When Congress launched the school lunch program in 1946, it was a national security issue: One-third of the men rejected for military service during World War II were undernourished. ...more

October 15, 2007