Two of my favorite quotes from John McCain: "Courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity to act despite our fears." "Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you." McCain faithfully served the United States of America for 60 years. Requiescat in pace, Senator.
John McCain, Arizona Senator, dies at 81
The Associated Press, Aug 25 2018 5:22 PM
John McCain, the six-term Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, died today at his Arizona ranch after a battle with brain cancer. He was 81. McCain had recently decided to discontinue medical treatment. The senator had been away from the Capitol since December. Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is expected to name a replacement who would serve out the remainder of McCain's term through the 2020 election.
The son and grandson of Navy admirals, McCain was a former Navy pilot and was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than five years. He was elected to Congress in the early 1980s and elected to the Senate in 1986, replacing Barry Goldwater who retired. McCain gained a reputation as a lawmaker who was willing to stick to his convictions rather than go along with party leaders.
McCain underwent surgery in July 2017 to remove a blood clot in his brain after being diagnosed with an aggressive tumor called a glioblastoma. It's the same type of tumor that killed Senator Edward Kennedy at age 77 in 2009. McCain rebounded quickly, however, returning to Washington and entering the Senate in late July to a standing ovation from his colleagues. McCain's condition worsened last fall and he had been in Arizona since December.
McCain ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, then won it in 2008 before losing the general election to Obama. He returned to the Senate, determined not to be defined by a failed presidential campaign in which his reputation as a maverick had faded. When Republicans took control of the Senate in 2015, McCain, the scion in a decorated military family, embraced his new influence as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pushing for aggressive US 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."
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