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John McCain Official portrait, 2009 United States Senator from Arizona In office January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018 Preceded by Barry Goldwater Succeeded by Jon Kyl Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by John Jacob Rhodes Succeeded by John Jacob Rhodes III Senatorial positions Chair of the Senate Armed ...
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Simply add this template {{John McCain series}}, after any infobox, to items that are part of the series. The above documentation is transcluded from Template:John McCain series/doc . ( edit | history )
In the McCain case, his entire biographical account has been broken down into subarticles, which read in sequence form a detailed biography. Hence the "Life of John McCain" title in the nav box. With Giuliani, that is not the case; only three periods of his life are represented in subarticles, with other parts (early life, prosecutor, post ...
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Since McCain is obviously the subject of John McCain lobbyist controversy, February 2008, it belongs in the template. Since Obama is a main subject of Jeremiah Wright controversy and Bill Ayers presidential election controversy , those articles should be in the Obama nav template.