Memorial Tributes to Sen. John McCain Open in Arizona Capitol

Memorial Tributes to Sen. John McCain Open in Arizona Capitol
Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Senator John McCain, touches the casket during a memorial service at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 29, 2018. Ross D. Franklin/Pool via REUTERS
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PHOENIX—Family, former colleagues, and other dignitaries filed past the flag-draped casket of Sen. John McCain inside the Arizona Capitol on Aug. 29 for the first of several memorial tributes planned for the war hero and two-time Republican presidential candidate.

A hearse bearing McCain’s body arrived at the Phoenix statehouse with a police motorcycle escort for a brief ceremony honoring the Arizona senator, who died of brain cancer on Aug. 25 at age 81.