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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe was cantankerous, a hawk, and more often than not was on the wrong end of votes...
...but above all that, he was without a doubt a patriot who loved his country.
And his final stand in life against this bastardous president will ensure that history will view him as a hero to the nation he served for decades.
RIP Senator McCain.
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He was cantankerous, a hawk, and more often than not was on the wrong end of votes... (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2018
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lark
(23,155 posts)1. He was definitely NEVER a part of the Russian repugs.
Which is why drumpf hated and feared him. He also hated that McCain was a man and he's a giant orange baby rat.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)2. That's one thing that can be said with absolute certainty.
McCain was a patriot who loved his country.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)3. Trump afforded him the grandest exit possible
And McCain certainly made the most of the opportunity. Political to the end, but not without a purpose.
snowybirdie
(5,234 posts)4. I was reminded this morning
that he was given the Steele memo by Christopher Steele and turned it over to the FBI, despite the fact t it would hurt the Republican candidate. A patriot!