From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:
> Adam Flinton wrote:
>
>
>>Bill Lucy wrote:
>>
>>>Out of darkness, George Sherwood says...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>USS John S. McCain (DDG 56).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://navysite.de/dd/ddg56.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Blimey...& I was kidding....
>>>>>
>>>>>Adam
>>>>
>>>>Not named for the Senator.
>>>>
>>>>The namesakes of USS JOHN S. McCAIN are two McCains, John Sidney Sr.,
>>>>and John Sydney Jr., both served in World War II and both were Navy
>>>>Admirals.
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, they *were* Senator McCain's grandfather and father, respectively.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>How odd then that he's a senator for Arizona....a state not famed for
>>it's coast....
>>
>>Adam
>
>
> I dunno, after staring at sand and scrubbrush for 18 years, a switch to the
> ocean would probably sounds like a good idea.
>
One would presume (given his ancestors) that it was the other way around.

Adam

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