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John McCain, Veteran, Senator, GOP Maverick, Dies at 81
NBC Chicago ^ | 8/25/18

Posted on 08/25/2018 5:26:50 PM PDT by markomalley

John McCain, the longtime senator and 2008 GOP presidential candidate who refused to leave fellow prisoners of war behind to escape years of torture in Vietnam, and whose maverick streak as Arizona’s senior statesman at times frustrated fellow Republicans and confounded President Donald Trump, has died, his family confirmed in a statement Saturday.

He was 81and had been diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017.

McCain had decided to discontinue medical treatment for the glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family announced on Aug. 24. He had surpassed expectations for his survival, but "the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict," the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; johnmccain; johnmccaindies; johnmccainobit; mccain; obituary; palin; songbird; strawberries; teddysbuttboi
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To: markomalley
Yes, you should only speak good about the recently departed.

He's dead, that's good.

161 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:08 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: KC_Lion
Governor Palin remaining classy...classy being a word that McLame somehow never even learned how to spell
162 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: markomalley

Memory Eternal!!!!


163 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:21 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: laplata

I’m watching Baby Doll, too. I don’t need to hear the talking heads spinning a story of McCain’s “honor, heroism and strength of character.”


164 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:22 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
He was basically a good man
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Give me a F'en break!

He was the epitome of all things evil in DC.

I hope he's burning in HELL!

165 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:38 PM PDT by sailor76 ( TRUMP, is still my hero.)
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To: markomalley

Finally


166 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:44 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: markomalley

Who will be his replacement?

When will they take office?


167 posted on 08/25/2018 6:01:57 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: lightman

Amen!


168 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:01 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Halls
I’m disgusted by all the celebrating. I was no fan of McCain, but I I’m not jumping up and down because he’s dead. RIP McCain. I hope he accepted Christ as his savior before he passed away.

AMEN!!!!

169 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:15 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Hildy

There are many species of caddie fly. Trout love’em. They’re found everywhere.


170 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:41 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: markomalley

He was a hard nosed man who voted the wrong way many times.. and was politically hard on anyone who would run against him. I hope he talked to the Lord before he went... he had some splainin’ to do. I wish everyone make a peace with God before death happens.


171 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:46 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: markomalley

A toast to one very patriotic tumor is in order.


172 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:47 PM PDT by ruination
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To: markomalley

Time to let him and it rest.


173 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:47 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Wiz-Nerd

May I repeat your words?

“””Agree! Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Mr. McCain may not have lived by these words, but we can. The posts are classless. What a shame. The world is ugly enough as it is. It would be nice to come to a conservative place where there is thoughtful discussion, not degrading of the dead.”””

The classless comments here should be outruled.


174 posted on 08/25/2018 6:02:53 PM PDT by Exit148 ( (Loose Change Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: dadgum
Not going to celebrate. Not going to mourn. I hope McCain made his peace with God. That is all.

Well said!

175 posted on 08/25/2018 6:03:08 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: dadgum

My sentiments exactly.


176 posted on 08/25/2018 6:03:16 PM PDT by Engedi (The)
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To: Sontagged
Hope he repented before the Grim Reaper reaped his harvest of McCain’s soul.

He sold his soul a long time ago for power. Sure seemed like he craved that above all else.

177 posted on 08/25/2018 6:03:32 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: akalinin
I'm going to crack open that 18 year Dalwhinnie tonight and have it with a few drops of liberal tears.

Wife and I are cracking open an Octomore 7.1 scotch. We are celebrating the eternal torment of a traitor.....or on the other hand....the conversion of a saint to Jesus Christ in his final moments.

178 posted on 08/25/2018 6:03:33 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: markomalley

My mother always told us, “if you can’t say something good, don’t say anything at all.” So I’m not saying anything at all.


179 posted on 08/25/2018 6:03:46 PM PDT by livius
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To: ruination

LMAO.


180 posted on 08/25/2018 6:04:07 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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