John McCain's final message for the President
In Washington, even death is political -- a fact McCain well understood as a sought-after eulogizer himself, and by planning his funeral rites to exclude the President, he will be making an unmistakable posthumous statement directed at the White House.
White House drafted a statement on John McCain but never released it
White House aides drafted a fulsome statement for President Donald Trump on the death of Sen. John McCain, but it was never sent out, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN.
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The Washington Post reported Sunday that Trump went against the advice of senior aides to issue an official White House statement praising McCain for his heroism and decades of service, telling aides he instead wanted to post a brief tweet.
Update.
MSNBC played a clip in which McCain said Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls was his lifelong hero.
Robert Jordan fought with the Communists during the Spanish Civil War.
John McCain fought against the Communists all his adult life.
Go figure.
Great movie.
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