You Honored Our Deal, John McCain.  I'll Honor Your Legacy. … The news of your imminent departure comes as no surprise given what we know about the disease that is taking you from us.  And yet, it still hits on my heart like a ton of bricks.  —  Not just because of the depth of my respect, reverence and love for you.

Sen. John McCain, independent voice of the GOP establishment, dies at 81  —  “With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family,” McCain's office said in a statement.  —  John McCain, who shed a playboy image in his youth to become a fighter pilot, revered prisoner of war …

John McCain spent his life serving the dignity of his fellow man  —  Mark Salter served as a staff aide and speechwriter for Sen. John McCain.  He has also collaborated on books with McCain.  —  Each of the three men had spent 20 years in prison.  They were leaders of the 88 Generation …

John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81  —  U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, the son and grandson of four-star admirals, was bred for combat.  He endured more than five years of imprisonment and torture by the North Vietnamese as a young naval officer and went on to battle foes …

I am grateful for John McCain  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, is a member of the U.S. Senate.  —  I couldn't bring myself to write this piece until today.  It's not that I didn't try.  But something in my mind convinced my hands that if I put it off, somehow John McCain might be with us a little longer.