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The Note: A look back on McCain, a future with Trump - ABC News

posted onSeptember 5, 2018
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Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Sen. John McCain loved a good fight. He did not live to witness what could be a whole lot of bad fights this fall. This extraordinary week celebrating McCain’s life and legacy will be capped Saturday by eulogies from two former presidents – one from each party – who defeated McCain in elections that turned personal at times. It happens on a Labor Day weekend where 2000 and 2008 seem like ancient political history. Standing now – and actively campaigning, always – is President Donald Trump. His wars with members of his own administration are themselves all-consuming, to say nothing of the vitriol he regularly aims at his opponents. The final week before the unofficial start of fall campaigning finalized much-anticipated November matchups. And in McCain’s extended moment, the time spent looking back makes the road ahead look only more uncertain. A new ABC News/Washington Post poll will be released at 7 am ET Friday, looking at Trump’s approval rating, the Robert Mueller investigation, the public’s reaction to the Paul Manafort verdict and the Michael Cohen plea, and more. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks "He’s a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign is all about," Sen. John McCain said about then-Sen.Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign. In a lifetime of notoriety, the line became one his most famous, often cited as an... Link to the full article to read more

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