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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t get you OP. I may not agree with many of the policies of people like John McCain or Bob Dole but I admire and honor their patriotism and the way they devoted their lives to public service. I am sure many traditional conservatives feel the same way about the late Daniel inouye. They are American heroes.   I would add that while McCain was a traditional Republican with a fairly predictable voting record he had many close friendships with Democrats. He may have fought Ted Kennedy on many issues but they were dear friends. Same with joe Lieberman, Amy klobuchar, Tammy Duckworth, Chris coons, angus king. He worked on campaign finance reform with Russ feingold. 
He did have a conservative voting record but he also supported letting gays serve in the military and argued passionately for an end to gerrymandering

Yes he was hawkish on defense and was the senator most responsible for the surge in Afghanistan but he didn’t advocate to send our service members abroad lightly. He knew the risks better than most having spent over five years being tortured in a north Vietnamese prison and having sons in active service. He did so much with funding and legislation to support active duty service members and our veterans. He would frequently visit the wounded in walter reed. He worked with former anti Vietnam activist democratic senator John  Kerry who he was initially very suspicious of to forge a reconciliation between the US and Vietnam in 1993
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna904006

Lots of examples of Democrats who respect, admire and who worked with John McCain for decades [/quote]

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