Congress returned this week, down a man. John McCain, over the past days, has been eulogized and mourned by partisans and pundits of every stripe and by ordinary people who loved and admired him.
His courage, his irreverence, his certainty, his temper, and most of all, his moral clarity endeared him to both the nation and his beloved Senate.
As I listened to the kind remembrances and emotional remarks about this unique man, I couldn't help but marvel at just how rare a moment this was, to find such universal praise and sincere affection for a politician in Washington's toxic partisan atmosphere.
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