by Jim Heath | Oct 18, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
The headstone for U.S. Sen. John McCain’s grave in the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis was quietly placed more than a month after his burial. The U.S. Naval Institute, a private non-profit military association, shared a photo of the grave site on its...
by Jim Heath | Sep 18, 2018 | Entertainment, Headlines, McCain
Sen. John McCain was honored during the In Memoriam segment of the Emmy Awards. McCain, who died at the age of 81 in August after a yearlong battle with brain cancer, was the subject of HBO documentary John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls this year. But although the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 5, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, McCain
Former Sen. Jon Kyl is back at the job. This afternoon Vice President Mike Pence swore Kyl into office, officially taking the place of the late Sen. John McCain. Arizona’s senior senator, Jeff Flake, who replaced Kyl, was by his side. Kyl served with McCain for...
by Jim Heath | Sep 4, 2018 | 2020, Headlines, McCain
For 18 years, while John McCain became a national political leader, Arizona’s junior senator, Jon Kyl, stayed in his shadow. Dependably Republican, never one to create waves, Kyl will have no trouble readjusting into the new Trump era. That means he should be a...
by Jim Heath | Sep 4, 2018 | 2020, Headlines, McCain, Republicans
He spent years in John McCain’s shadow in the U.S. senate, and now he returns to Washington as McCain’s replacement. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint Jon Kyl, 76, who served three terms alongside McCain and became the Senate minority whip before...
by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
John McCain has been laid to rest at the the United States Naval Academy Cemetery, in Annapolis, Maryland. His family and close friends said farewell in a private ceremony on Sunday. Jack McCain said of his father, “He fought hard, obstinately, exuberantly because he...
