Great-Heart Is Gone
Who will have the fortitude to pick up the torch from John McCain’s grasp?
I was not an intimate of John McCain, but I knew him—I testified before his committee, traveled with him to international conferences, and occasionally spoke with him in private. Our last extended conversation took place a couple of weeks after the 2016 election at a conference in Halifax.
“Senator, have you spoken with the president-elect?” I asked. “Yes,” he replied. “I called him the week after the election to congratulate him. He kept on saying ‘You didn’t support me.’ I said, ‘That’s right.’ He kept on asking again and again, and I finally said, ‘After what you said about Dr. Khan, a Gold Star
