He was trying to hang on through the AZ primary to see what the outcome was on Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) primary challenge. I’m not an expert on political strategy but, from what I’ve read from others who are, McCain had a commitment from Ducey to appoint a “placeholder” of McCain’s choosing to serve out the remainder of his term. If Ducey runs weak in his primary and there was a threat that he could lose in the general, McCain would have likely retired so that Ducey could appoint McCain’s choice right after the Primary. Presumably, if Ducey runs strong and appeared a dead cert for re-election, McCain could just go about the business of dying in office, believing that Ducey would fulfill his promise to appoint McCain’s choice when that happened. As it turned out, McCain’s death before the primary assures that this is exactly what will happen. Power and control-freak that he was, I don’t think he trusted Ducey to appoint Cindy or Meaghan McCain after his death. He wanted to stay alive and make Ducey look him in the eye if he was going to do a double-cross. JMHO - like I said, I’m no expert on political power plays down in the Swamp or how an egomaniac, like McCain, schemes. This narrative, however, seemed legit to me.
thanks.
ah...retire (based on outcome) vs. dying...I get it, but it doesn’t make sense to me...course I’m a little slow...I gave up on connecting “Q” dots.
So, McCain stops treatment ( whatever that means ) because ???...could he have lived until the 29th if he hadn’t ? lived til november ?
How long does Ducey have to make the appointment ?
Ducey just had to wait him out and all bets are off...
Interesting discussions about this...perhaps we get a clue when we see who is appointed...