In McCain's words from the book's introduction: It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy. That is all that really passes for destiny. And you choose it. No one else can give it to you or deny it to you.
I believe the answer is "Because he got new pants"
Herbert Hover
Franklin Delano
Harry S. Truman
Answer: figuratively
Explanation: it's using figurative language by comparison. It uses an ordinary sentence to refer to something without directly stating it.
