68 years ago today John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. He is probably best known as a founding member of the Beatles, and together with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he helped create rock n' roll music as we know it today.
I love the music of John and the Beatles, but what I admire him for most was his fierce opposition to the Vietnam War and the relentless advocacy for peace practiced by he and his wife, Yoko. They staged two "bed-in"'s for peace, attended rallies, spoke out on television, and held concerts as a form of protest. John earned a place on Nixon's enemy list because Tricky Dick feared that Lennon's support of McGovern might cost him in the 1972 election.
John received his green card on Independence Day 1976, our bicentennial, and would have become eligible for U.S. citizenship in 1981. There's little doubt who he would be supporting this year if he had not been assassinated in 1980. Here's some words of Lennon's that John "There's Gonna Be More Wars, My Friends" McCain should take to heart:
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
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