He was elected to the Senate in 1972, the same year as George McGovern’s epic loss. McGovern ran on the slogan of “Come Home America,” and, as a freshman U.S. senator, Biden backed cutting ...

George McGovern is ready for the 2004 presidential ... “That was the big issue in my campaign in 1972. Now we ought to be talking about the war in Iraq, not the one we foolishly blundered ...