John McCain dead at 81

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/aide-says-senator-war-hero-gop-presidential-candidate-002711995.html

ChefLinda · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:39 pm Post subject:

RIP

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Inspector Gadget · Retired Number Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 46683

Not much of a political follower but really depresses me.

RIP

DaMuleRules · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:07 pm Post subject:

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adkindo · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:16 pm Post subject:

An American Hero.

jodeke · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:29 pm Post subject:

So long Maverick RIP
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panamaniac · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:38 pm Post subject:

RIP Sen. McCain

lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38790

Unfortunately, when they made the announcement yesterday, it was only a matter of time before he passed away. Anyone who has seen cancer waste away a human being can see at some point the treatment stopped working. RIP and I hope his family can find solace that he is no longer suffering.

venturalakersfan · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:40 pm Post subject:

RIP, the man survived things I can’t even imagine.
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yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Spoke at my college commencement nearly 2 decades ago. RIP.
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Freddie Buckets · Star Player Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 9131

RIP Senator McCain.

A great man who deserved his country with dignity.

Dladi Vidac · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:04 pm Post subject:

I’m on the total other side of the isle but liked him, a lot. RIP
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Murdock · Star Player Joined: 16 May 2001 Posts: 5961

Rest peacefully Senator...

adkindo · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:44 pm Post subject:

weird fact......McCain died on the exact same date as Ted Kennedy (9 years later) from the same type of cancer.

Dladi Vidac · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:25 pm Post subject:

The two were very close friends for years as well.
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ChickenStu · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:02 pm Post subject:

from CNN's article on his death

"Asked how he wanted to be remembered, McCain said: 'He served his country, and not always right--made a lot of mistakes, made a lot of errors--but served his country, and, I hope we could add, honorably.'"

We can add that.

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RIP. Unfortunately, another of a dying breed of tolerable conservatives and Congressmen who never were adjudicated for fraud, nor were completely hypocritical to their own stated values. The Obama correction didn't do him any favors with the people like the lady who asked the question back then either. McCain refused to backstab another American who he disagreed with on policy. Imagine that. It may have been a small gesture and in a better nation, one that maybe didn't deserve as much recognition as it got in the greater scheme of things, but it was desperately needed even in the 2008 zeitgeist.
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OregonLakerGuy · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:38 am Post subject:

RIP John McCain. You were a decent and honorable person in a town that has so few. I often disagreed with you but always knew you were doing your best to do what was right for us all.

999 · Franchise Player Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 20267

Godspeed sir. RIP.

adkindo · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:43 pm Post subject:

Arizona sports stars to serve in John McCain's memorial