It’s a punch in the gut to hear of John McCain’s serious brain cancer. I generally disagree with him on almost everything. I still find much to admire about him. And he had that genuinely great moment in the 2008 campaign.
Wow what a contrast to someone else we could mention.
On some personal level, Senator McCain has simply been a presence our lives for a quarter-century. His physical fragility provides yet another reminder of some basic realities in human life.
I and most of my friends on the Obama campaign never bore personal animus towards McCain. We admired his service, and he reminded us of a cranky relative we loved but didn’t think should be President. We were genuinely shocked that Trump denigrated McCain’s service-and that Trump survived it. Still are.
One irony. Senator McCain’s cancer has apparently derailed Republicans’ repeal-and-replace effort. It’s the same cancer that ultimately felled Senator Edward Kennedy, a story that profoundly altered the trajectory of the Affordable Care Act.
I wanted to hear candidate Obama in 2008 say something like this: "Senator McCain is a good man, but he has some wrong assumptions about the workings of government. And a good man with bad assumptions will make wrong decisions as president."
Senator McCain’s cancer has apparently derailed Republicans’ repeal-and-replace effort.
It now appears that the Great Maverick is flying back to DC to vote on the repeal. Does that change anyone's view of the man?
May I now apologize for my comment?
In the end, he did the right thing.