History Lesson

I was an on-again-off-again fan of John McCain. There was always something likeable about him, even though he was pretty much a total nepo-baby fuckup until he spent 5 years as a POW in North Vietnam.

He was the logical heir to Barry Goldwater (also on-again-off-again for me), but McCain seemed less like a Bomb-'Em-First-And-To-Hell-With-Asking-Questions kinda guy - way less than Goldwater anyway. For a while, you could count on the guy to go with his intellect and not his emotions.

That began to change as MAGA made inroads, and he began to feel forced to go along with it.

We'll forever have to wonder about 'what if' McCain had still been around to keep guys like Lindsey Graham on the right side of things.

Long sad late night bull sessions are waiting to be had by the PoliSci majors of the future.

From 10 years ago:

John McCain's prophetic words spoken 10 years ago...but nobody listened.
byu/yaponetsa inukraine