“Their sadness was feigned. “
Actually I think the sadness and mourning is real. Not for John McCain. He was just one of their legion.
I think the mourning is real because they are mourning the collapse of their “politics of inevitability”.
Until Trump, the DC UniParty “politics of inevitability” meant that no matter who “won” the elections, the agenda and outcome was always the same: globalism, open borders, amnesty, “diversity”, “free trade”, anti-Russia war... etc. etc.
McCain embodied the UniParty positions on all of these issues.
And now he is dead, and Trump is still in the White House.
There was an extraordinary symbolism of the entirety of the DC power structure being at the McCain funeral - except for Trump.
And, of course, Trump is more powerful than all of them put together.
Another reality they are mourning.
They are mourning the loss of a reliable traitor to his party.