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Episode 4: Bookstack: Mark Salter on Senator John McCain’s Legacy
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Episode 4: Bookstack: Mark Salter on Senator John McCain’s Legacy

Richard Aldous
Nov 06, 2020
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Codes of honor. Ethics. Values. The rough-and-tumble of American electoral politics. And the fateful choice of Sarah Palin as VP pick. Mark Salter, the late Senator John McCain’s speechwriter, aide, and close confidant, joins host Richard Aldous to discuss his new book, The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain.

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