Once Mr. Trump entered the Oval Office, Mr. McCain generally supported the administration’s policies and nominees, including a $1.5 trillion tax cut and the confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. But in key moments, the senator remained a forceful adversary, and neither man yielded as Mr. McCain battled terminal illness. Mr. McCain thwarted a Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act last year, returning to the Senate floor after his brain cancer diagnosis to cast a dramatic thumbs-down vote. And for that, we are all in his debt.”Including Mr. Obama, every living former president released statements commemorating Mr. McCain. President George W. Bush, who won the Republican nomination for president over Mr. McCain in 2000, said in his statement: “Some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended.

Source: New York Times August 26, 2018 03:56 UTC