John McCain dead at 81

GOP Senator John McCain from Arizona, once a presidential candidate a decade ago, passed away at age 81:

US Senator John McCain’s service to his country began more than six decades ago at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland’s Severn River.

A private burial service next Sunday will conclude nearly a week of events honoring the Navy aviator, prisoner of war, congressman, longtime senator and presidential contender. The Arizona Republican died of brain cancer Saturday at 81 at his ranch near Sedona, Arizona.

McCain, who served in Vietnam, had his admirable side, and seemed respectable to Israel, but regrettably, he opposed repeal of Obamacare (which the TOI is sugarcoating), and those kind of policies undermined his image.

That said, it's certainly a shame he's gone, because there were some positive things he did.