Posted on 05/05/2018 11:04:18 AM PDT by mandaladon
Those close to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have told the White House that their plan for the Arizona Republican's eventual funeral is to have Vice President Pence attend – but not President Trump, The New York Times reports.
The funeral is expected to take place at the Washington National Cathedral, according to the Times.
But Trump, with whom McCain has had a tempestuous relationship, is not expected to attend the service, at least not according to current planning, the Times reported.
McCain was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer last year, and is undergoing treatment. Despite his illness, the senator has continued to visit with friends and field conference calls with his staff back in Washington.
Still, some of his associates have said that they want "a McCain person" appointed to fill his Senate seat in the event of the senator's death, according to the Times. Among the list of potential picks is McCain's wife, Cindy.
McCain has also acknowledged that his upcoming memoir, "The Restless Wave," will be his last book.
That title, set to be released this month, reflects on his 2008 presidential campaign and the years that followed. It also includes an admission by the senator that he regrets not choosing former Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat turned independent, to serve as his running mate.
In his book and an upcoming HBO documentary, McCain says that his decision not to pick Lieberman, his longtime friend, was "another mistake that I made." McCain instead chose former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate
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“I don’t understand why people in Arizona keep voting for him. I was shocked when he won the GOP primaries for POTUS. He came across like a feeble, confused fool.”
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More than likely, it is the old “Follow the Money”. Even a crazy traitor $inator can bring in a lot of money into a state that votes for him.
When business and groups don’t vote for him. They not only don’t get money, they probably get all types of hostile inspections and audits.
Someone else here put out the idea this is going to be a Wellstone-type funeral...looking more like it. Any entertainers sign up yet?
One evening during the McCain campaign I was watching a speech he was giving on TV. My phone rang and I muted the TV to answer it.
Watching him speak with no sound was actually scary. His facial expressions were so strange. I concluded that he was a insane.
Part of me did not want Juan and the other part didn’t want Obama. I think if it had not been for Palin, I would have skipped voting altogether that year, something I have never done before.
You were not by your self with those feelings.
He wasn’t very nice to his first wife either although she has always supported him even after they divorced.
Overall, I believe he is not a very nice person.
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