John McCain was all the MSM’s favorite GOP member of Congress UNTIL he became the party’s presidential candidate, at which time they turned on him and mocked him and his running mate mercilessly. After his loss and return to the Senate, he was their buddy again and he did everything he could to please them and stay on their good side. Their obits are shameful (as was his media-pleasing behavior but we’ll save that for another day).
I remember during the 2008 Campaign Madonna did a concert where she showed McCain’s picture alongside Hitler and other dictators.