{"id":5768,"date":"2018-08-26T07:05:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T07:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2018-08-26T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T07:05:48","slug":"mccain-remembered-as-war-hero-and-maverick-senator-as-tributes-pour-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/mccain-remembered-as-war-hero-and-maverick-senator-as-tributes-pour-in\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain remembered as war hero and maverick senator as tributes pour in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tributes pour in for Senator John McCain, maverick statesman, war hero and presidential candidate. who died at the age of 81.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator John McCain was remembered as war hero, conservative statesman, and presidential candidate, as tributes and condolences poured in the wake of McCain&#8217;s death at the age of 81.<\/p>\n<p>He passed away a day after his family announced that the Vietnam War hero would stop treatment for his stage-four brain cancer. America&#8217;s warrior politician Sen. John McCain died Saturday after a year-long fight with brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter Meghan McCain led a stream of online tributes saying: &#8216;I love you forever, my beloved father&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I love you forever &#8211; my beloved father <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnMcCain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnMcCain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y50tVQvlVe\">pic.twitter.com\/Y50tVQvlVe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1033514757544767488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The wife of Sen. McCain, Cindy McCain, said on Twitter \u201cMy heart is broken.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nMy heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the the place he loved best.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cindy McCain (@cindymccain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cindymccain\/status\/1033516318924763136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite his contentious relationship with McCain, Trump paid his respects Saturday evening sharing his &#8216;deepest sympathies&#8217; to the senator&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1033515425336885248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Former President Obama and McCain&#8217;s rival in the 2008 presidential election, remembered McCain in a lenghty statement saying that &#8220;we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher \u2014 the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nOur statement on the passing of Senator John McCain: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3GBjNYxoj5\">pic.twitter.com\/3GBjNYxoj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1033521851312623616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President Mike Pence commended the senator for his military service and public works.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karen and I send our deepest condolences to Cindy and the entire McCain family on the passing of Senator John McCain. We honor his lifetime of service to this nation in our military and in public life. His family and friends will be in our prayers. God bless John McCain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/1033531122251128832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Senator Jeff Flake, who also represents Arizona, wrote on Twitter: \u201cWords cannot express the sorrow I feel at John McCain\u2019s passing. The world has lost a hero and a statesman.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nWords cannot express the sorrow I feel at John McCain\u2019s passing. The world has lost a hero and a statesman. Cindy and the McCain family have lost a loving husband and father. I have lost a wonderful friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffFlake\/status\/1033515874823503872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush called McCain a friend that he would \u201cdeeply miss.\u201d He said \u201cJohn McCain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order. He was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. Some voices are so vibrant, it is hard to think of them stilled. John McCain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order.\u201d [&#8230;] Full statement by President George W. Bush <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FQVYWIUyGL\">https:\/\/t.co\/FQVYWIUyGL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W8LCxJXRLi\">pic.twitter.com\/W8LCxJXRLi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBushCenter\/status\/1033526090063597569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Former President Bill Clinton also issued a statement. &#8220;John McCain believed that every citizen has a responsibility to make something of the freedoms given by our Constitution, and from his heroic service in the Navy to his 35 years in Congress, he lived by his creed every day,&#8221; Clinton wrote. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nJohn McCain believed that every citizen has a responsibility to make something of the freedoms given by our Constitution, and from his heroic service in the Navy to his 35 years in Congress, he lived by his creed every day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/946T7PnG53\">https:\/\/t.co\/946T7PnG53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillClinton\/status\/1033528680239296517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was McCain&#8217;s running mate in 2008, said that on Saturday, the world \u201clost an American original.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today we lost an American original. Sen. John McCain was a maverick and a fighter, never afraid to stand for his beliefs. John never took the easy path in life &#8211; and through sacrifice and suffering he inspired others to serve something greater than self.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahPalinUSA\/status\/1033518752829251584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes pour in for Senator John McCain, maverick statesman, war hero and presidential candidate. who died at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,125],"tags":[71,7],"class_list":["post-5768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-politics","tag-u-s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/John-Mccain.jpg?fit=605%2C328&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-1v2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5771,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions\/5771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}