by Jim Heath | Aug 30, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
Final preparations are being made in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington for Sen. John McCain to lie in state. His flag-draped casket will lie atop the Lincoln Catafalque, a bier built for the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. McCain will become the 31st...
by Jim Heath | Aug 30, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
John McCain is on his way to Washington, D.C. one last time, where he will lie in state before his national funeral on Saturday. But today many of his longtime Arizona friends and constituents said their final goodbyes. At a memorial service in Phoenix there was...
by Jim Heath | Aug 29, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
UPDATE: Over 1,500 people, in just several hours, had paid their respects to Sen. John McCain at a public viewing at the Arizona Capitol, according to authorities. Several people waiting outside the Arizona Capitol were overcome by extreme heat, and transported to a...
by Jim Heath | Aug 29, 2018 | Headlines, McCain
Family, colleagues and supporters gathered at the Arizona State Capitol this morning to honor the late Sen. John McCain. The memorial service in Phoenix is the first of a days-long procession for McCain, who died on Saturday after battling an aggressive form of brain...
by Jim Heath | Aug 28, 2018 | Conventions, Headlines, McCain, Republicans
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) rejected a bid from Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, to manage the 2008 Republican National Convention because of concerns over Manafort’s association with Russian oligarchs. The Atlantic reported that...
by Jim Heath | Aug 28, 2018 | Commentary, Headlines, McCain
By Jim Heath I was a young Republican county chairman in Arizona. In fact, I was the youngest GOP county chair in the country. I was only 22, but had been politically active for a decade, working locally on the campaigns of Ronald Reagan, George Bush and John McCain....
