McCain proves he’s the real Comeback Kid

NEW HAMPSHIRE was John McCain’s last stand, his best opportunity to revive a presidential campaign that was near death last summer.

Victory was the consummate comeback for a comeback specialist, a survivor who weathered more than five years in a Vietnam POW camp, a wrenching congressional scandal and three bouts with aggressive skin cancer.

For rival Mitt Romney, McCain’s resurgence was a searing loss, another second-place finish for a campaign that had anticipated back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire and had spent tens of millions of dollars more than other Republicans.