- Sen. John McCain has been dealing with failing health, including an agressive form of brain cancer. The 81-year-old Arizona Senator is reportedly making plans for his funeral, including a request that President Trump be somewhere else.
- According to reports, McCain’s family have requested Vice President Mike Pence to attend the service, but not Trump. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have also been asked to speak at the ceremony.
- McCain and Trump have not had the greatest relationship. Early in his presidential campaign, Trump mocked McCain’s five-year stint in a Vietnamese prison, joking “I like people who weren’t captured”. In 2017, McCain cast the deciding vote against Trump’s Obamacare repeal.
- Last month, Trump declined to attend the funeral of former First Lady Barbara Bush, sending Melania in his place.
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