Talk:John S. McCain, Sr.

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Contents 1 Serious need of improvement 2 Multiple edits on January 14, 2008 3 Descent from Robert the Bruce? 4 Cause of Death

[edit] Serious need of improvement

McCain was a major figure in World War II and deserves a much fuller article than this in its present form, which seems to be mostly genealogy of only marginal relevance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.231.245.243 (talk) 22:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The book "Halsey's Storm" has a good deal about "Stew" McCain and would be a good place to start with fixing this bio. He was a very important figure in WWII and you would have no idea about this from reading this bio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.213.146 (talk) 04:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

There isn't very much about McCain on the web. So, someone is going to have to crack open a book or two in order to improve this article significantly. Whoever does it, please make sure to inline cite the source. Cla68 (talk) 00:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple edits on January 14, 2008

Sorry for making so many edits to this article today. It took me that many tries to get it right; sometimes I forget to preview before saving. Anyway, no mischief afoot. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (talk) 17:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Descent from Robert the Bruce?

This statement is factually incorrect "His grandson John S. McCain III claims royal descent on his campaign website". The article clearly states that McCain’s family roots in Europe are Scotch-Irish. His great-aunt was a descendant of Robert the Bruce, an early Scottish king. Well It is a clear fact that no one is the direct descendant of their "great aunt" (notwithstanding incestuous relationships). It is also clear that if this aunt were the sister of one of McCain's direct ancestors, say his great-grandfather or great-grandmother, then we would say that his direct ancestor claimed descent from Robert the Bruce. The fact that it is only his great-aunt that claims this descent implies that he is related to Robert the Bruce by marriage, and is therefore not a direct descendant. I'm going to amend the text. Alun (talk) 08:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cause of Death

What exactly was McCain's cause of death? Jaedglass (talk) 03:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)