McCain was reportedly a "troublemaker" at the academy ~ "but," he says, "I was the leader of the troublemakers!"

Sounds pretty plausible to be, and actually a pretty fair recommendation as far as I'm concerned.

I'm not campaigning or voting for McCain, but I've always respected and pretty much liked him, until recently. I am very dismayed, even alarmed, at how readily he seems to have fallen into step with the most dangerous and most extreme elements in his party.

I find his candidacy downright scary these days, and it wouldn't make a bit of difference to me whether he finsihed college first in his USNA class or last.