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> # As far as me and the vice presidency is concerned ... I spent a number of years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark and (was) fed scraps, and I don't know why I would want to do that all over again

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## More from John McCain

1. > I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.

[Permalink to quote \#7](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/7/ "Permalink to quote 7")
2. > Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan and Al Sh…

[Permalink to quote \#9](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/9/ "Permalink to quote 9")
3. > I spent five and a half years in prison. The worst part was coming home and finding out Green Acres had been cancelled. What the hell was I fighting for?

[Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/John-McCain/6/ "Permalink to quote 6")

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