Reuters/Benoir Tessier Former President Barack Obama, who ran against Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, paid tribute to the senator after he died Saturday. In a heartfelt tribute, former President Barack Obama praised Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Saturday as a man who made sacrifices for the greater good. McCain was faithful to “something higher — the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed,” Obama said. “America will miss John McCain. The world will miss John McCain.

Source: Huffington Post August 26, 2018 02:03 UTC