Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukusarudzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika yeU.S. muna 2004, McCain akambotaurwazve kakawanda nokuda kwechigaro chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, asi nguva ino sechikamu che"Democratic" tikiti pasi pemunhu akasarudzwa John Kerry. VaKerry naVaMcCain vakanga vava pedyo kubva pabasa ravo mukutanga kwema1990 &lt;a href="Senate%20Select%20Committee%20on%20POW/MIA%20Affairs"&gt;Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs&lt;/a&gt;, uye vaviri ava vaionekwa sevane simba guru kune vavhoti vakazvimirira, uye ongororo dzaiita sedzinosimbisa pfungwa iyi. McCain akanga aoneka akazarura mukana wakadaro mubvunzurudzo yaMarch 2004, chete kuti vashandi vake varambe maawa gare gare. Muna Chikumi 2004, zvakaziviswa kuti Kerry akanga ataura zvisina kurongwa nzvimbo yacho kuna McCain kanoverengeka, asi McCain akanga aramba, zvichida pamusana pekuti zvaisazoita uye kushaya simba kwehutungamiri kana kuti mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika haana kukumbira kwaari kana kuti aifunga kuti Bush aiva mutungamiri ari nani kupfuura Kerry aizova. Hofisi yaMcCain yakaramba nenzira yapamutemo kuti kupiwa kupi nokupi kwomutevedzeri wapurezidhendi kwakanga kwaitika. Pa
2004 Republican National Convention, McCain akatsigira nechido Bush kuti asarudzwezve, achirumbidza kutungamirirwa kwaBush kweHondo yeGandanga kubva pakurwiswa kwaSeptember 11. Panguva imwe cheteyo,