US Senator, War Hero John McCain Has Died

US Senator, War Hero John McCain Has Died

August 25, 2018, 8:30 PM

US Senator, War Hero John McCain Has Died

FILE - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.
FILE – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

WASHINGTON —

Arizona Sen. John McCain, the war hero who became the GOP’s standard-bearer in the 2008 election, has died. He was 81.

His office says McCain died Saturday. He had glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer.

Shortly after McCain's death was announced, President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences.

In 1967, his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. He was severely injured and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war.

He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1982 and the Senate in 1986. A conservative on most issues, he pushed for campaign finance reform and the effort to account for those missing in Vietnam.

He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, then won it in 2008. But he and running mate Sarah Palin lost to Barack Obama.

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