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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Trump should publicly announce right now he is going,....send McShame over the edge,
Why change now, eh McStain? Still a bitter, petty asshole. To his grave.
“report” = rumor = fake news
I’ll believe it when I see it.
McTraitor has been promising to die since 2017. He says he’s dying, then casts traitorous votes in Congress, then gets accolades for his treason, and keeps on chuggin’.
Just do it, bastard.
Why is he bringing up the subject of a funeral? I keep reading that the senators that visit him say he’ll be back soon.
President Trump: "I watched the funeral on the news. It was nice to see John McCain piloting something at last that he cannot crash."
As long as it is soon, I don’t care who he invites.
Now, if I were Trump, I’d crash the event. But I’m not...
I really believe he hoaxed everyone. The traitor is not “terminal” any more than any of the rest of us are.
This IS Fake News. Presidents don’t attend funerals of Senators.
Found this tidbit from Wellstone’s death:
“White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said that * “it’s not protocol for presidents to attend the funerals of senators” * but that Vice President Dick Cheney had planned to attend. “The [Wellstone] family was appreciative,” Stanzel said. But the plan was changed after conversations with the family, he said.
Asked if that meant the Wellstone family did not want Cheney to come, he said that was correct. “
And, apparently, it’s optional for VPs to attend.
Protocol rules in such matters.
McCain made a lot of mistakes in his life. His failure is not acknowledging that HE is one!! What a freaking loser. As a VET I'll piss on his traitorous grave.
The day McCain dies, POTUS should dispatch Pence to travel out of country on some mission that will keep him away until after the funeral.
McCain deserves no respect from the DJT administration, after the way he grandstanded his thumbs down gesture to kill the bill to get rid of Obamacare.
“the senator has continued to visit with friends and field conference calls with his staff back in Washington.”
doesn’t sound like he is actually doing his job, just a few conference calls?
Juan Mc’lame thinks he deserves POTUS / VPOTUS attendance at his funeral ....?? Thats a joke. Songbird the traitor burnt and stomped on any respect he earned as a POW as well as a socialist liberal RINO agenda since he was released ......
There will be more democrats at his funeral than conservatives and the rats will swear he was the best ever etcetera .....
He’s probably got a spot reserved in Arlington National Cemetery. Piss on a grave there and you might find a bayonet up your arse.
If I get a $, I will buy a so sorry card at the Dollar Store for Song Bird.
A dollar? Nope, still too expensive! Anything over 25 cents is too expensive. I am counting on you to stay below budget. ;-)
Song Bird? I like that! LOL
I just don’t understand how this person has been able to have such a long career? I guess being a “maverick” and a democrat disguised as a republican can win media silence.
I wonder if at the last moment McCain will change his party affiliation and become a democrat so that the Governor has to appoint a dem to fill McCain’s seat. He is pond scum and there is nothing too low down for him to do.
I just don’t understand how this person has been able to have such a long career? I guess being a “maverick” and a democrat disguised as a republican can win media silence.
He was a traitor, a Manchurian Candidate and an Undocmented Democrat, and he was loved by the left wing mediots who hate a strong America.
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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