"A Good Republican"

“Is a dead Republican.” At least that’s how it seems while so many of Sen. McCain’s most critical opponents—those who have said the most insulting things about him—are now “singing his praises. That usually happens every time a Republican dies. The very people who have roundly insulted him when he was alive, now “sing his praises.” The only exception up to now was Ronald Reagan. They still hate him, as they will when Trump’s time comes to die. They would never be caught “singing the praises” of a man they hated so hard. I almost fell into that trap when I wrote about McCain refusing further medical treatment for his cancer. My comment was that, even though he and I disagreed on many things, I was sorry he had to end like that, just as my father did, many years ago, from the same malady. But I “sang no praises.” Yes, he was a “war hero,” in spite of what Trump said about “not being proud of “someone who got captured,” even though getting captured was not his fault. From what I’ve heard, his time in that “war prison” was exemplary, and that makes him a hero, in my book, regardless of his political views, most of which I still do not share. (Just common sense)