It’s right and proper to mourn John McCain. He was a hero: when his nation called, he put his life on the line. We must and will always respect that, and we should. That his death should be politicized and used to this degree, so that even his daughter’s parting eulogy should have to be debased into one more never-ending round of Trump-bashing, is embarrassing and disgusting.
There was a time in American history when you could tell the difference between a funeral and a political rally. Not anymore. The memorial service of the late Senator John McCain quickly devolved into a Trump bashing, with the establishment using eulogy after eulogy to attack President Trump. What should have been a time of reflection on the complex legacy of an American hero instead has been a cheap descent into political trash talk.
