Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein There's comfort in declaring, as the nation mourns a hero and a patriot, that the legacy of Sen. John McCain lives on. But good luck finding that legacy in today's politics, in McCain's party, and especially in his home state this week. The truth is there is no obvious heir to the McCain legacy in public life today. The president of the United States is in many ways an anti-McCain figure – making his feuds with the late senator personal, and creating an ideology that centers on his personality. All three of the Republicans vying for a Senate seat in Arizona in Tuesday's primaries have pledged loyalty to President Donald Trump. Just hours before McCain passed, one of those Republicans declared on the trail that the state "cannot afford" to "elect another senator who is cut from the same cloth as Jeff Flake and John McCain." The nation can use a touch of McCain's stubborn optimism at this or any moment. It could also remember his gallows humor, and a favorite McCain quote comes to mind – one he invariably delivered with a smile: "In words of Chairman Mao, ‘It's always darkest before it's totally black.'" The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks In the two states with primary voting Tuesday, Florida and Arizona, several national issues hit close to home, including immigration, border security, environmental protection and gun control. Sunday's mass casualty shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, put that last topic -- the debate about gu... Link to the full article to read more