Senator John McCain
There is much about Sen. John McCain that I have admired throughout my adult life, starting when he was my senator in Arizona back in the early 1990s. The wide range of people praising Sen. McCain demonstrates that we do not have to see eye-to-eye with people in order to admire them.
Our country would be a much better place if we had more conservatives and progressives with the character and resolve of John McCain.
One of the things I have found particularly interesting about Sen. McCain is that he requested that both President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush speak at his funeral. These are the two men who came out on top in the race for the presidency with Sen. McCain.
I’m including links to a couple of tributes to Mr. McCain, followed by a blog post I put up in 2011 about President Obama’s 2008 victory speech and Sen. McCain’s concession speech. I consider both of these to be high points in contemporary political rhetoric. This was a hard-fought and consequential presidential race, and the two candidates emerged still able to be respectful to one another.
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- Washington Post obituary for John McCain
- “The moment” when John McCain showed his quality in the 2008 presidential campaign
- While his relationship with them could be rocky, there was one big reason why journalists liked McCain – He was accessible
- The story of how Senator McCain learned “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”
Read to the very end… - Wall Street Journal remembers John McCain in his own words.
Ch. 1 Link – Hearing a Speech v. Reading a Speech
Both President Barack Obama and his challenger Senator John McCain were credited with giving excellent speeches on election night 2008. Take a listen to these two speeches, then read a transcript of them. Which gives you a better sense of what the speech was like?
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- Obama’s Victory Speech:
- Senator John McCain’s concession speech