sigh of relief

Some on the left mourn the passing of John McCain. What are they thinking?

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Salivation map from Mother Jones (not sure of the date; likely pre-Trump).
And a couple of anti-eulogies:

One Dead McCain, 2.5 Million Dead Iraqis (Nick Pemberton, Counterpunch) [not sure where that number came from]
The Other Side of John McCain (Max Blumenthal, Consortium News)

And let's not forget The Keating Five scandal, which should have brought McCain's career to a miserable conclusion. From 1989 (Phoenix New Times):

John McCain, the Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five

Some hero!

Update: A couple more:

The subtly-headlined The Manufactured McCain: Lifting Up a Bloodstained, Lying, Venal Servant of the Capitalist Empire (Black Agenda Report)

From 2008, an examination of McCain's poor record as a pilot: McCain's mishaps in the cockpit (LA Times)