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A lexicon lesson in the term Maverick
Word maven William Safire explains that "Maverick was the name of a Texan in the 1800s, Samuel Maverick.
"He refused to brand his cattle, and the reason he gave was he didn't want to be cruel to animals," Safire says. "But all his friends and neighbors said that wasn't so — he was just going around trying to round up all the unbranded cattle and claim them for himself."
Fits McCain trying to gather the Independents and undecided and call them his own.
He served as a DEOMOCRAT in the 4th through 9th Texas State legislature
Maverick was not active in politics during the Civil war but afterword helped John H. Reagan organize the Democratic Party
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