McCain the Maverick Well-Positioned Against Democratic Opponent

• By David Winston
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• March 4, 2008, Midnight

On April 10, 1917, four days after the United States declared war against Germany, former President Theodore Roosevelt met with then-President Woodrow Wilson at the White House. Still the “man in the arena” itching to get back in the saddle, literally, Roosevelt offered to raise and lead a cavalry division to join the fight in France.