I did not celebrate his death, but I sure mourned the death of truth and candor and class as his services seemed to combine a papal funeral with too many speeches and comments that were more 1984-style “2-Minutes Hate” than honor of the dead.
John McCain was a bitter and angry man whose so-so naval career with a way beyond difficult POW experience was followed by a second career as a dreadful statesman. He was part of the Keating scandal and attempted to elevate himself with a series of namesake legislative failures. He whiffed as a presidential candidate and made himself a liar to his constituents when he viciously voted down promised repeal of the ACA. THE SON-OF-A-BITCH WAS NO GOOD before it was revealed that he participated in sedition.
What a shame.
I imagine even if the North Vietnamese knew he was the son of someone important, it was still a miserable 7 years.
How do you go from that to a traitor and a common thief?