August 25, 2018 06:46 PM UTC

Sen. John S. McCain III, 1936-2018

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• by: Colorado Pols

CNN reports, an American statesman has passed on:

Whenever America was in a fight during his long lifetime, John McCain was in the thick of it.

McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential candidate and an abrasive American hero with a twinkle in his eye…

In recent months, he was not completely quiet, however, blasting President Donald Trump in a series of tweets and statements that showed that while he was ailing he had lost none of his appetite for the political fight.

The Arizona Senator repeatedly made clear that he saw Trump and his America First ideology as a departure from the values and traditions of global leadership that he saw epitomized in the United States.

We’ll miss Sen. John McCain, more than we would have expected. The nation and his party are diminished without him.