McCain will lie in state in both Phoenix, Arizona, and in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Paying tribute to his 2008 election opponent, former President Barack Obama described McCain as an idealist and said there was "something noble" about their political battles. Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey was expected to appoint a member of his own party to succeed McCain. After gambling on political neophyte Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain lost to Obama, who became the first black U.S. president. After Trump became president, McCain blasted what he called the president's attempts to undermine the free press and rule of law and lamented the "half-baked, spurious nationalism" of the Trump era.

Source: thestar August 26, 2018 00:45 UTC