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    'We Shall Not See His Like Again': Joe Biden Honors His Friend, John McCain

    Speaking at McCain's memorial, the former vice president choked up more than once. "I always thought of John as a brother," Biden said, "We had a hell of a lot of family fights."
    by Domenico Montanaro Aug 30, 2018 3 minutes
    "John's story is the American story." Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at John McCain's memorial Thursday.

    Through the lens of today's era of partisanship, it makes little sense that Joe Biden and John McCain would be friends.

    Biden is cut from a decidedly liberal cloth; John McCain was conservative. And they deeply disagreed on policy. But they were friends for 40 years, born out of a mutual respect for each other, and on Thursday, Biden is honoring his friend at a ceremony at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Arizona after McCain requested the former Democratic vice president

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