Opposing sides of the political aisle set aside their differences to remember the late U.S. Sen. John Sidney McCain III — a true-blue patriot they agreed exemplified impartiality in deed and speech.
The “Straight Talk Express” conductor, 2008 Republican presidential nominee and a Vietnam prisoner of war, died Saturday at 4:28 p.m., his wife, Cindy, and their family at his side in Arizona. McCain’s yearlong battle with aggressive brain cancer claimed his life at age 81.
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