By Tim Hartnett
March 25, 2026
It was the same year John McCain ran for president that he took a page from Weird Al. "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," didn't make its way up the charts. Barack Obama routed the GOP by 10 million votes in 2008. The also ran of that race fell out bigly with the next Republican to reside at 1600 Penn. As the end neared, McCain said he didn't want the president among his mourners.