Nowicki, Dan and Muller, Bill. "John McCain Report: At the Naval Academy"Diarsipkan September 6, 2014, di Wayback Machine., The Arizona Republic (March 1, 2007). Retrieved November 10, 2007; "How the biography was put together"Diarsipkan August 29, 2008, di Wayback Machine., The Arizona Republic (March 1, 2007). Retrieved June 18, 2008. ("McCain's grades [at the Naval Academy] were good in the subjects he enjoyed, such as literature and history. Gamboa said McCain would rather read a history book than do his math homework. He did just enough to pass the classes he didn't find stimulating. 'He stood low in his class,' Gamboa said. 'But that was by choice, not design.'")
Nowicki, Dan and Muller, Bill. "John McCain Report: At the Naval Academy"Diarsipkan September 6, 2014, di Wayback Machine., The Arizona Republic (March 1, 2007). Retrieved November 10, 2007; "How the biography was put together"Diarsipkan August 29, 2008, di Wayback Machine., The Arizona Republic (March 1, 2007). Retrieved June 18, 2008. ("McCain's grades [at the Naval Academy] were good in the subjects he enjoyed, such as literature and history. Gamboa said McCain would rather read a history book than do his math homework. He did just enough to pass the classes he didn't find stimulating. 'He stood low in his class,' Gamboa said. 'But that was by choice, not design.'")