government.

The thought of him being president scared the crap out of me, but right now, I'd take him over 45 in a hot second.

The viet nam war was wrong, it was a lie, and he really suffered for it, along with all the other soldiers, whether they "made it back" alive or not.

The question is, why would someone to suffered so much for his country sell it off to a gangster?

I think it was Palin who scared me more.

Till Trump was elected.
He wins!!!!

If Obama is the answer, how stupid is the question?

The answer - Do you want Sarah Palin one old man's heartbeat away from the White House?

Must have made his equivocal votes on health insurance and his unequivocal opposition to women’s healthcare much more palatable. Me, I sent him letters opposing all of that and the Iraq war too, but never received a letter in return, cannot imagine why.

I was just surprised that he responded with a personal letter not a form response like most politicians.

....she received a hand typed (no wordprocessing or Microsoft in 1964) and hand signed letter congratulating her from our Senator - Robert F. Kennedy.

Like being welcomed by the Statue of Liberty herself!

and even though I made it clear that I was a Democrat, and disagreed with many of his positions and votes in the Senate, he was very friendly and personable.
He actually was interested why I disagreed with him and didn't take issue on my comments to him.

I was so disgusted with SC and the racist beat down, I crossed political lines in our closed primary. Registered GOP and voted for McCain.

I knew Bush was a turd.

I think McCain would have handled 9/11 much better. Might never have happened

McCain's response was the hug and announcement of his support of Bush.

Can't say I agreed with him much politically.

Unlike how many in the GOP present themselves, there was a human side to him. Whether it was standing up for Obama during that town hall or standing up for healthcare in the fairly recent vote to kill Obamacare or his military record, he wasn't all bad.

There are a bunch in the GOP I really don't care for but I'd never spit on John McCain when he's down like he is right now.

Well said

Below is a statement issued by Senator John McCain on President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin:

“Today’s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump’s naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake.

“President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.

“It is tempting to describe the press conference as a pathetic rout – as an illustration of the perils of under-preparation and inexperience. But these were not the errant tweets of a novice politician. These were the deliberate choices of a president who seems determined to realize his delusions of a warm relationship with Putin’s regime without any regard for the true nature of his rule, his violent disregard for the sovereignty of his neighbors, his complicity in the slaughter of the Syrian people, his violation of international treaties, and his assault on democratic institutions throughout the world.”

[link:https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/07/16/read-john-mccain-statement-trump-meeting-with-putin/U88mUGY32Yilx3F4OlibNM/story.html|