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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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; johnmccain; johnmccaindies; johnmccainobit; mccain; obituary; palin; songbird; strawberries; teddysbuttboi
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To: markomalley
To: McGavin999
No doubt and people in his camp perpetrated a huge fraud against the American public by publishing statements under his name.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:18 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
To: McGavin999
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:23 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(We are getting close to the last "box")
To: Tunehead54; KC_Lion; Pelham
Champagne WILL be popping tonight!!!
GO TRUMP!!! MAGA!!!
Goodbye to the best Democrat in the US Senate!
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:27 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: markomalley
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
bigredkitty1
(Stupidity kills. Just not often enough.)
To: markomalley
If you can’t say anything good about a person, say nothing at all.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:36 PM PDT
by
miserare
( Indict Hillary!)
To: markomalley
Well, the government will save funds on one military tribunal.
47
posted on
08/25/2018 5:35:38 PM PDT
by
Lopeover
(POTUS needs Republicans, the Midterm Election is about allegiance to the America First agenda!)
To: markomalley
To: peggybac
Who is going to comfort his Senate wife....Lindsey Graham?
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:36:21 PM PDT
by
Bommer
(Jesus is God! Deal with it.)
To: markomalley
Goodness, that was quick.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:36:28 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:36:45 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: markomalley
Ok. Now so DO NOT appoint his wife or daughter to take his place.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:37:19 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: markomalley
Did he tweet his own passing?
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:37:59 PM PDT
by
rainee
(Her)
To: bigbob
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:15 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(He is Batman!)
To: markomalley
Well, he’s dead.
It happens to everyone.
Otherwise, no comment.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:39 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: MIchaelTArchangel
It seemed like only yesterday that the family announced that they were discontinuing treatment.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:45 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: chris37
He just couldn’t bring himself to vote to get rid of Obamacare.
To: markomalley
I, for one, am not going to be dancing on his grave ..because I’m somewhere else posting this.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:55 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
To: ifinnegan
Undoubtedly, one of those two has been speaking for him, the only question is how long?
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
To: markomalley
They managed to get Trump’s name into the first sentence, two words from “died.”
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:39:00 PM PDT
by
map
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