Editorial: John McCain, American patriot
by Chicago Tribune
Aug 26, 2018
3 minutes
Over the course of American history, a handful of U.S. senators have been so consequential that they are remembered better than some presidents. Among them are Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Robert La Follette, Everett Dirksen and Ted Kennedy. John McCain, who died Saturday, deserves to be the most recent addition to this exclusive company.
He was one of a kind - a blunt-spoken legislator with a sense of humor who
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