1. As a child, when he got angry, McCain would hold his breath until he blacked out.

2. McCain graduated fifth from the bottom of his Naval Academy class.

3. McCain is one of only three Vietnam veterans serving in the U.S. Senate, the others being fellow Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts.

4. He has been treated for recurrent skin cancer, including melanoma, in 1993, 2000 and 2002.

5. McCain was the first sitting senator to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975).

6. A TV movie titled "Faith of My Fathers," based on McCain's memoir of his experiences as a POW, aired on Memorial Day 2005 on the A&E channel.

7&8. Favorite poet: Robert Louis Stevenson. Favorite movie: "Paths of Glory" (1957).

9: Family origins: Scotch-Irish. His great-aunt was a descendant of Robert the Bruce, a Scottish king.

10: A number of ancestors fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy.

— azcentral.com