He said his mentor rejected the kind of false moral equivalency that was then popular in the Democratic Party but that has recently come into vogue in the GOP thanks to President Trump. No one of my acquaintance ever believed in that faith more sincerely, more ardently than Henry ‘Scoop’ Jackson,” McCain wrote. Like Jackson, McCain could also admit when he was wrong – as he did after the Keating Five scandal that nearly destroyed his political career. History will record John McCain as a hero, a legend and a man in full. Passionate speech from John McCain, who slams 'spurious nationalism': "We live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil."

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2018 13:11 UTC