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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Someone needs to put a "Make America Great Again" cap on his head.
Sounds like little man McCain, small right up to the end.
I hear the music for the wake will be Jane Fonda singing “Song Bird”. How touching...tear
Trump rally at the same time as the service sounds good.
Palin endorses him for Senate in 2010 and this is his pay-back for here loyalty to the man that chose her as his running mate.
Petty, small and backstabbing to the end. Nothing less was expected. What a chicken shit.
Will the North Vietnamese be sending a contingent?
...I hope he is buried, and the location is known,
...so people can relieve themselves on his rotten corpse.
Tan Me Hide when I’m Dead, Fred
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie_Me_Kangaroo_Down,_Sport
“In my opinion neither of them should go!”
Have a clerk buy a ‘Sorry he died card’ at the Dollar Store and mail it with postage due.
“eventual” hopefully is very soon for McLame, since,you know, I want him to be “at peace”....
Hmmmm. Not much of a threat.
LOL, I love the “postage due” idea, LOL, but the dollar store? Too expensive for the like of McCain.
Id like to know where he will be buried so I can go and take a sh*t on his grave site. If I had a drop of sympathy for him and what he was dealing with that is long gone now..so he goes ahead and trashes Sarah Palin, who busted her ASS for him..who left a wonderful job as Governor where she had an 80 percent approval rating to go be this piece of sh*t’s running mate..trying to do everything to get that sack of crap over the finish line, being trashed by EVERYONE, and he NEVER ONCE defended her..now we know why, he was JEALOUS..jealous of the fact that people came to see HER and NOT him..the moment she stopped speaking everyone else pretty much left the event..and that ate him alive..so Juan McCain, I have one message for you..I hope it hurts
Wonder if Christopher Steele will be invited...
say it loud....SARAH PALIN UPSTAGED MCLAME AT EVERY TURN AND IN EVERY SINGLE WAY!
He knows Trump would send Pence anyway. He’s just heading them off at the pass.
Once again, petty vindictiveness causes him to crash and burn
His grave will be in Arizona where it can be approached and pissed upon
Send an Ambassador to the funeral.
Trump has more important things to do than deal with a guy who’s been brain-dead for over 3 decades.
A mean and petty man, even on his death bed.
Good grief.
Leave it to John McCain to stir the pot up until he takes his last breath. Actually, releasing his book and who knows what else will come up means he’ll continue from beyond the grave.
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