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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 26 2018, @07:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

Chicago Tribune:

Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.

McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, was a fearless and outspoken voice on policy and politics to the end, unswerving in his defense of democratic values and unflinching in his criticism of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump. He was elected to the Senate from Arizona six times but twice thwarted in seeking the presidency.

An upstart presidential bid in 2000 didn't last long. Eight years later, he fought back from the brink of defeat to win the GOP nomination, only to be overpowered by Democrat Barack Obama. McCain chose a little-known Alaska governor as his running mate in that race, and turned Sarah Palin into a national political figure.

After losing to Obama in an electoral landslide, McCain returned to the Senate determined not to be defined by a failed presidential campaign in which his reputation as a maverick had faded. In the politics of the moment and in national political debate over the decades, McCain energetically advanced his ideas and punched back hard at critics — Trump not least among them.

The scion of a decorated military family, McCain embraced his role as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, pushing for aggressive U.S. military intervention overseas and eager to contribute to "defeating the forces of radical Islam that want to destroy America."

Asked how he wanted to be remembered, McCain said simply: "That I made a major contribution to the defense of the nation."

Also at The New York Timesand c|net.


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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday August 27 2018, @04:27PM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday August 27 2018, @04:27PM (#726974)

    My choices were:
    - George W Bush
    - John McCain
    - Al Gore
    - Bill Bradley

    I did what a voter is supposed to do: I looked over my available options very carefully to try to make the best decision I could. I made out George W Bush to be the worst of the lot, and voted to try to eliminate him from contention. Knowing what I do now about these candidates almost 20 years later, I still make out George W Bush to be the worst of the lot, and do not regret my vote one bit.

    So why do you think I should be treating that vote as a teenage embarrassment?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday August 28 2018, @12:39AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 28 2018, @12:39AM (#727190) Journal

    (see that -grin- at the end of my comment? It means: don't take me seriously, I'm just goofing around)

    My choices were:
    - George W Bush
    - John McCain
    - Al Gore
    - Bill Bradley

    Yes, all awful choices as sex partners. They would rape the voters at the first occasion without a second thought.

    (grin)

    If there would be a non-grinning point in both my comments: I reckon you attitude to the voting matters was uncommon in the age bracket of the population

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