Source: David Lightman, NEWS & OBSERVER, 8/25/18


John McCain will be remembered as unafraid. Unafraid as a naval aviator to resist and survive five-and-a-half years in a North Vietnamese prison. Unafraid as a U. S. senator to challenge and defy the power-brokers who ran his Republican party.
McCain, 81, who died Saturday, was an increasingly rare and truly iconic American political figure. He was authentic.

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