MCCAIN IS GONE: REST IN PEACE WARRIOR.

ICHEOKU says the maverick McCain, who once denied ever being a maverick; a war hero and a United States Senator from the great State of Arizona, who has been a torn in the flesh of so many people, including President Donald John Trump, is no more. Senator John Sidney McCain III, died of brain tumor and old age related infirmities. He was 81 years old. 

Recall that the Senator was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a very aggressive form of brain tumor which also killed Senator Ted Kennedy, in July 2017 and he weathered it through a little over one year before finally giving up the struggle as he succumbed to the killer disease on August 25th, 2018, by 4.28 pm, surrounded by his loving family. 

Maverick McCain will be remembered for the many things which he did, including his service to the nation as a member of the United States Navy and his being shot down and captured in Vietnam; a United States Senator and a failed presidential candidate nominee of a major party, the Republican Party. However, there are two memorable things which stood out in his life in the Senate:- his alleged telegraphing to his supporters during his failed presidential campaign in 2008 that the then candidate Barack Obama is not one of them - his infamous "THAT ONE" mouth off while pointing at Barack Obama. It registered and it stuck till this day in the minds of millions, who not only considered it offensive, but maintains it is a racist dog whistle. 

Also his thumbs down vote, which defeated President Donald John Trump's supported bill to reform Obamacare, was rather a rude shock and a big surprise to so many people, including his Republican colleagues in the Senate. Such a maverick vote by the maverick Senator John McCain was feared but not expected, because he had previously campaigned to repeal and replace Obamacare. But inexplicably, when the opportunity for him to see his wish through, "repealed and replaced", availed him, his pettiness got a better hold of him, as he decided to exert his revenge on President Donald John Trump and voted it down. His vote defeating the repeal and replace Obamacare will forever attach to his memory as one of those things that had no rhyme or reason, but which was done out of spite and for pure vengeance and it showed.

Recall that the president had questioned his hero status as a captured war hero, saying that he prefer those warriors who were not captured. John McCain who prides himself as a war hero never forgave the president and it showed in his attacks and actions against the president and he carried this animosity against the president with him to the land beyond. It became such a distasteful acts of vendetta that even when the president made some effort at rapprochement, the Senator rebuffed him; even to the extent of expressing his wish that the president do not attend his funeral. ICHEOKU says if any man was petty, little, vengeful and unforgiving, Senator John Sidney McCain III is that man; and it tarnished his legacy to the extent that no commentary of or about him will be complete without dedicating some pages on his mean demeanor and penchant for vengefulness. 

Senator John McCain may be a good husband and father to his wife and children, but he certainly had a cold unforgiving heart and it showed in everything John McCain did and spoke about. He campaigned on repealing Obamacare but when the opportunity presented itself, he refused to vote to repeal it simply because he saw voting against it as a payback to the president, with whom he has been feuding since the president rebuffed his war hero worship as a captured war veteran. Senator John McCain is also a very creepy person, as every person who watched his presidential campaign debate with then candidate Barack Obama sometimes saw him making weird moves behind or besides Barack Obama. To some people however, his death did not come soon enough as it would have spared Americans the still lurking around Obamacare disaster. To others, even at 81 years old and sickly, they would rather still have him around; except that old age and sickness ruled otherwise and today he is no more, gone to be with his ancestors. 

ICHEOKU says may the good Lord reward Senator John Sidney McCain according to his stewardship while his sojourn here on earth lasted. Although he has seven children including two adopted black children, but only her daughter Meghan McCain is known nationally and through her, ICHEOKU sends our condolences to the family of John McCain on the loss of their patriarch, Senator John McCain. May the ever restless Senator now rest and hopefully the Governor of the great State of Arizona will appoint a replacement, worthy of the honor of truly flying the Republican flag as a bona fides Republican conservative and not a RINO (Republican in name only); and who will proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with the president and help the president accomplish his Make America Great Again agenda. Adieu John.